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a footman in [place]
这里的 in 后接工作地点，如 palace、large household 等。
A footman in a large household often runs errands.
大户人家里的男仆常常跑腿办事。
男仆；仆役
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男仆；仆役
footman
A footman in a large household often runs errands.
大户人家里的男仆常常跑腿办事。
指旧时大户人家中听差跑腿的男仆，不是马夫。
侍从；男仆,负责开门、马车、餐桌等事务。
A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
四脚金属架,用于在火前保温食物。
A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
灯蛾科(或灯蛾亚科)的蛾子,因其似制服的色彩而得名。
A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); so called from its livery-like colors.
连接纺车踏板与轮子的横杆。
A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.
The footman opened the carriage door and helped the lady down.
男仆打开马车门，搀扶那位女士下车。
A footman in a blue uniform stood beside the dining room door.
一名穿蓝色制服的男仆站在餐厅门旁。
The duke ordered his footman to bring more wine from the cellar.
公爵吩咐他的男仆从酒窖再拿些酒来。
这里的 in 后接工作地点，如 palace、large household 等。
A footman in a large household often runs errands.
大户人家里的男仆常常跑腿办事。
这类说法多用于描述过去贵族或大户人家中的仆役。
He was employed as a footman in a palace.
他被雇用在一座宫殿里当男仆。
footman 的复数是不规则形式 footmen，而不是 footmans。
Footmen in the royal court wore elaborate uniforms.
宫廷里的仆役穿着华丽的制服。
Not this
Two footmans opened the carriage door.
Use this
Two footmen opened the carriage door.
footman 的复数是不规则变化，应把 -man 改为 -men 成为 footmen，不能直接加 -s 变成 footmans。
Not this
The duke hired footman to open the door.
Use this
The duke hired a footman to open the door.
footman 是可数名词单数，不能光杆使用，前面需要加上冠词 a；中文常常省略这类限定词，所以容易漏掉 a，但英语必须说 a footman。
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穿制服的男仆
A liveried footman opened the carriage door.
一名穿制服的男仆打开了马车门。
男仆领班
The head footman supervised the younger servants.
男仆领班监管着较年轻的仆人。
当男仆
He served as a footman at the manor.
他在庄园里当男仆。
雇用男仆
The family employed two footmen for the London house.
这家人为伦敦的宅邸雇了两名男仆。
派男仆去
She sent a footman to fetch the doctor.
她派了一名男仆去请医生。
“敲门是毫无用处的，”那仆役说道，“因为我站在门的同一侧。”
From Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865); the footman's illogical reply embodies Carroll's playful nonsense logic.
出自刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》（1865年），仆役荒谬的回答体现了卡罗尔俏皮荒诞的逻辑。
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联想“foot脚”+“man人”：跟在主人脚边忙前忙后的男仆。
语域：formal 常见场景：历史小说、古装剧、豪门宅邸的仆役描写 footman 在现代英语中不太常用，多用于历史小说或描写旧时大户人家仆役的场景，正式文体中比较常见。在历史语境里，它是对男性仆役的普通职务称呼，语气并不随便。
复数形式为 footmen；多指旧时在大户人家或宫廷中供差遣的男仆。
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