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
TEM8
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 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
- 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.
- 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
