单词 | menial |
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音标 | ['mi:njəl] |
解释 | adj. 仆人的,卑微的;n. 家仆 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 仆人的, 卑微的(of servants; humble);n.家仆(a domestic servant) 【例】 the menial work concerned in turning a house(料理家务的琐 碎工作) |
字源 | menial (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to a household," from Anglo-French meignial, from Old French mesnie "household," earlier mesnede, from Vulgar Latin *mansionata, from Latin mansionem "dwelling" (see mansion). Sense of "lowly, humble, suited to a servant" is recorded by 1670s. menial (n.) "domestic servant," late 14c., meynyal; see menial (adj.). |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】men + mini 小男人→仆人,大男人是主人;men + all 所有的男人是仆人,为家庭生活事业而奔波; 【相关】minion 奴才, 宠臣 |
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