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Menial Adj Late 14c Latin Mi:Njəl 仆人的,卑微的;N 家仆

单词 menial
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
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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