中英互译
major-domo
基本释义
- n.大都管
双语例句
- Footmen in livery and knee-breeches drew back and replaced the guests 'chairs when they sat down, while the major-domo ceremoniously ladled out steaming soup from a silver tureen.在车身和跟班膝易引起背部和更换了客人的提问时,坐在椅子、而大卫国隆重挟汤蒸出一银瘤胃。
英英释义
- A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. Typically, the term refers to the highest (major) person of a household (doms or domicile) staff, who acts on behalf of the (often absent) owner of a (typically) large or significant residence.
词源
- major-domo总管来自拉丁语major domus,一家之主,王室管家,来自major,主要的,domus,家,住所,词源同domicile.引申词义总管。
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