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a manservant
manservant 是可数名词，复数形式为 menservants（也可写作 manservants）。
The family hired a manservant for the summer.
这家人夏天雇了一个男仆。
男仆
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
男仆
A male servant.
The family hired a manservant for the summer.
这家人夏天雇了一个男仆。
男仆。
A male servant.
The old mansion still employs a manservant to attend to the daily chores.
那座古老的宅邸仍然雇用一名男仆来处理日常杂务。
In the 19th century, every wealthy household had at least one manservant.
在19世纪，每个富裕家庭至少有一名男仆。
The butler and the manservant worked together to serve dinner.
管家和男仆一起服务晚餐。
manservant 是可数名词，复数形式为 menservants（也可写作 manservants）。
The family hired a manservant for the summer.
这家人夏天雇了一个男仆。
manservant 常用所有格限定词来表明所属关系。
He called for his manservant.
他叫来了他的男仆。
Not this
He is manservant in this hotel.
Use this
He is a manservant in this hotel.
manservant 是可数名词单数，前面需要冠词 a 或限定词；中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
Not this
The castle employed two manservant.
Use this
The castle employed two menservants.
manservant 的复数常用形式是 menservants（也作 manservants）；数字 two 后面要用复数，不能保留单数 manservant。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
忠实的男仆
The old general's faithful manservant helped him write his letters.
老将军忠实的男仆帮他写信。
私人男仆
A personal manservant waited on him night and day.
一名私人男仆日夜服侍他。
雇用男仆
Few families today can afford to keep a manservant.
如今很少家庭雇得起男仆。
解雇男仆
She dismissed her manservant after he broke her mother's antique vase.
男仆打碎她母亲的古董花瓶后，她把他解雇了。
充当男仆
In the film, he pretended to act as a manservant to escape from his enemies.
在电影里，他假装充当男仆以躲避敌人。
我是亚瑟，不列颠人的国王，这是帕齐，我的男仆。
In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, King Arthur introduces his loyal servant Patsy to a skeptical peasant. The word 'manservant' appears in this famous scene about feudal authority.
在《巨蟒与圣杯》中，亚瑟王向一位怀疑的农民介绍自己忠实的仆人帕齐。这句著名台词出自关于封建权威的桥段。
Use manservant naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：man(男人)+servant(仆人)=男仆；复数把man变men，成为menservants，就像man变men一样。
语域：formal 常见场景：历史或文学作品中、正式书面语 该词现在较少用于日常口语，多出现在历史题材的文学作品或正式叙述中，表示男仆；日常口语中更常说servant。
复数形式为menservants
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