解释
- n. 仆人，奴才；走狗
※ 提供单词"flunky"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- flunky (n.)
- also flunkey, 1782, Scottish dialect, "footman, liveried servant," of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive variant of flanker (in reference to servants running alongside coaches; compare footman). Sense of "flatterer, toady" first recorded 1855. "Recent in literature, but prob. much older in colloquial speech" [Century Dictionary].
例句和用法
- 1. The man of honour is broad and tolerant , the flunky is worry and misgiving.
- 君子坦荡荡,小人常戚戚.
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