Word · Frequency #21513
footman
男仆；仆役
footman
指旧时大户人家中听差跑腿的男仆，不是马夫。
- 1.
A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
侍从；男仆,负责开门、马车、餐桌等事务。
- 2.
A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
四脚金属架,用于在火前保温食物。
- 3.
A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); so called from its livery-like colors.
灯蛾科(或灯蛾亚科)的蛾子,因其似制服的色彩而得名。
- 4.
A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.
连接纺车踏板与轮子的横杆。
侍从；男仆,负责开门、马车、餐桌等事务。；四脚金属架,用于在火前保温食物。；灯蛾科(或灯蛾亚科)的蛾子,因其似制服的色彩而得名。；连接纺车踏板与轮子的横杆。；马夫
In use
The footman opened the carriage door and helped the lady down.
A footman in a blue uniform stood beside the dining room door.
The duke ordered his footman to bring more wine from the cellar.
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。
be employed as a footman
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。
footmen
footman 的复数是不规则形式 footmen，而不是 footmans。
Connections
Collocations
- liveried footman
- 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。
- head footman
- 男仆领班
- The head footman supervised the younger servants.男仆领班监管着较年轻的仆人。
- serve as a footman
- 当男仆
- He served as a footman at the manor.他在庄园里当男仆。
- employ a footman
- 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。
- send a footman
- 派男仆去
- She sent a footman to fetch the doctor.她派了一名男仆去请医生。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“foot脚”+“man人”：跟在主人脚边忙前忙后的男仆。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words starting with 'foot' (football, footstep, footprint) share the stressed /fʊt/ of footman. The '-man' words here (gentleman, postman, policeman) end in unstressed /mən/, matching footman's second syllable. None of these is a perfect rhyme with footman. Beware lookalikes such as 'woman' /ˈwʊmən/ and 'foreman' /ˈfɔːrmən/, which look like compounds of 'man' but have different first vowels.
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