valet
英 ['vælɪt; 'væleɪ]
美 ['væle]
- n. 贴身男仆；用车的人；伺候客人停车
- vt. 为...管理衣物；替...洗熨衣服
- vi. 清洗汽车；服侍
- n. (Valet)人名；(匈)沃莱特；(法)瓦莱
valet 助记提示
1. Latin vassus "servant" => vas- + -let (diminutive suffix) => Old French vaslet => Old French valet, variant of vaslet.
2. valet parking: 代客泊车.
3. valet vassal, varlet.
4. 汽车：Valet Mode：泊车模式。
5. valet de place：[法](尤指法国的)导游者。
6. 美国代客泊车应用 Luxe Valet: 解决都市停车难。
valet 中文词源
valet 仆从，代驾来自古法语vaslet,仆人，字母s脱落，来自拉丁语vassus,仆人，封臣，词源同vassal, varlet,引申词义代客泊车，代驾。
valet 英文词源
- valet
- valet: see varlet
- valet (n.)
- "personal man-servant," mid-14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French valet, variant of vaslet "man's servant, workman's assistant," originally "squire, young man, youth of noble birth" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *vassellittus "young nobleman, squire, page," diminutive of Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus "servant" (see vassal). Modern sense is usually short for valet de chambre; the general sense of "male household servant of the meaner sort" going with the variant form varlet. First recorded use of valet parking is from 1959.
valet 双语例句
1. The gentleman had a valet to wait on him hand and foot. 这位绅士有一个男仆照顾他的衣食住行. 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. No man is a hero to his valet.
- 任何人在他的仆人眼里都不是英雄.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He lived in considerable style, travelling widely, usually with a cook, valet, butler and chauffeur in attendance.
- 他活得相当潇洒，通常带着厨师、用人、管家和司机到处游玩。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The valet shambled down the passage in his slippers.
- 仆人趿着拖鞋蹒跚地沿着过道走开去了.
来自辞典例句
- 5. In about five minutes his valet appeared , half - dressed and looking very drowsy.
- 大约过了五分钟他的仆人来了.衣冠不整, 而且睡眼惺松.
来自辞典例句