Word · Frequency #26598
menservants
男仆
menservants is the plural of manservant.
A male servant.
- 1.
A male servant.
男仆。
男仆。；仆役
In use
The old mansion still employs a manservant to attend to the daily chores.
In the 19th century, every wealthy household had at least one manservant.
The butler and the manservant worked together to serve dinner.
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。
one's manservant
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。
Common mistakes
He is manservant in this hotel.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。
The castle employed two manservant.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。
Connections
Collocations
- faithful manservant
- 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。
- personal manservant
- 私人男仆
- A personal manservant waited on him night and day.一名私人男仆日夜服侍他。
- keep a manservant
- 雇用男仆
- Few families today can afford to keep a manservant.如今很少家庭雇得起男仆。
- dismiss a manservant
- 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。
- act as a manservant
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
复数形式为menservants
Pronunciation & Spelling
servant 与 observant 在重读音节 /əːv/ 上真正呼应：servant /ˈsəːvənt/、observant /əbˈzəːvənt/。manservant 只是以同一 /səːvənt/ 结尾，但重音在 man 上，故不算完美押韵。relevant /ˈreləvənt/ 与 irrelevant 的结尾虽然也是 /vənt/，但前一个元音是 /ə/，不押韵。advantage 的 -vant- 读 /vɑːnt/ 或 /vænt/，是拼写相似、读音不同的警示词。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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