喜樂美語

Picture a household where one person's whole day is spent doing what another person needs done — cleaning, cooking, opening the door — under that person's roof and on that person's orders. A servant is defined by whose wishes decide the day.

可以想成一個家裡的畫面：有個人整天做的事，全是照另一個人的需要在做——打掃、煮飯、應門，而且常常就住在那個屋子裡。重點不在做哪些活，而在「誰的意思決定今天做什麼」：servant 這個字扣住的是那條聽命的線。這種工作在過去比現在普遍得多，所以講到 servant 時，畫面多半帶著舊時代的色彩。

One branch

聽命於人的人

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servant (household worker) · noun · B1

someone who was paid to work inside another person's house — cleaning, cooking, answering the door and so on — and who often lived in that house too. This kind of job was far more common in the past.

僕人；傭人

同家族的字

複數 servants

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

servantnoun/ˈsɜːvənt/

  • 1

    One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.

    • There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
    • In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.
  • 2

    One who serves another, providing help in some manner.

    • She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
  • 3

    lifestylereligionA person who dedicates themselves to God.

  • 4

    obsoleteA professed lover.

  • 5

    A person of low condition or spirit.

servantverb/ˈsɜːvənt/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo subject.

    • Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires Are Seruanted to others[…]

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