man Friday

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmæn ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/|/-di/    美 /ˌmæn ˈfɹaɪˌdeɪ/|/-di/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.
    — This man—our lackey, our servant, our unquestioning slave though he was, was still a gentleman— […] We asked our man Friday’s name.
  2. An aborigine or native, especially one who inhabits an island. derogatory,ethnic,offensive,slur
    — Unfortunately along with the Birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays whose origins are obscure, and who are being hopefully wished on to Mauritius etc.
    handwritten note on a confidential diplomatic cable relating to the depopulation of the Chagos Archipelago

词形变化

man Fridays plural men Friday plural men Fridays plural

词源

From man (“adult male servant”) + Friday, coined by the English writer Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 – 1731) in his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719) as the name of the protagonist Crusoe’s companion and servant; he is rescued by Crusoe from cannibal captives on a Friday. Crusoe frequently refers to him as “my man Friday”.
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