freelance英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.

— The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.
A medieval mercenary. historical

— I—I offered Richard the service of my Free Lances, and he refused them—I will lead them to Hull, seize on shipping, and embark for Flanders; […] Trust me, Estoteville alone has strength enough to drive all thy Free Lances into the Humber.

动词 v.

To work as a freelance. intransitive
To produce or sell services as a freelance. transitive

形容词 adj.

Of or relating to a freelance; without a long-term employment contract.

— He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

词形变化

freelances plural free-lance alternative free lance alternative more freelance comparative most freelance superlative free-lance alternative free lance alternative freelances present,singular,third-person freelancing participle,present freelanced participle,past freelanced past free-lance alternative free lance alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

freelancer

词源

词源 1

From free + lance. Coined by Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1819; see quotation) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.

词源 2

From free + lance. Coined by Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1819; see quotation) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.

词源 3

From free + lance. Coined by Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1819; see quotation) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.