servant的读法

1. 仆人，佣人
2. 雇员，事务员 ；公务员，公仆，官吏
3. 奴仆，奴隶
4. 服务员
5. 献身...的人，追随者，奴仆般受制于…的人
6. 信徒，献身于神者
7. 服务于…的事物
8. 有用之物

1. [C] 仆人,佣人 a person who is paid to do personal services for sb, such as cleaning or cooking, especially in their house
2. [C] 雇员,公务人员 a person who serves sb, rather than controlling their activities

1.仆人;用人
Aservant is someone who is employed to work at another person's home, for example as a cleaner or a gardener.

2.提供服务的人(或事物);可以利用的人(或事物)
You can useservant to refer to someone or something that provides a service for people or can be used by them.

e.g. Like any other public servants, police must respond to public demand...
和其他所有公务员一样，必须服务于公众的需求。
e.g. The question is whether technology is going to be ourservant or our master.
问题是科技将为我们所用还是要驾驭我们。

• employ a servant雇用仆人
• engage a servant雇用佣人
• hire a servant雇用佣人
• keep a servant雇着佣人
• make sth a servant of使某物为…服务
• sack a servant解雇仆人
• send for a servant召唤佣人
• starve a servant使佣人挨饿
• turn away a servant把佣人打发走
• use a servant使用佣人

• civil servant文职人员
• female servant女仆
• good servant忠仆
• hired servant雇用的仆人
• indoor servant室内仆人
• loyal servant忠实的仆人
• obedient servant恭顺的仆人
• old servant老仆人
• outdoor servant户外仆人
• personal servant贴身仆人
• public servant公务员,
• trusted servant可信赖的仆人

• post office servant邮局工作人员
• railway servant铁路职员

• servant of the people人民的勤务员
• servant to…的仆人

• We had..servants: a cook,..kitchenmaid and chauffeur.

  出自：M. Meyer

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的servant，意为仆人。