commis

/kaw-mee; English kuh-mee/US // kɔˈmi; English kəˈmi //UK // (ˈkɒmɪs, ˈkɒmɪ) //

佣人,佣金,专员,佣工

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural com·mis [kaw-mee; English kuh-meez]. /kɔˈmi; English kəˈmiz/. French.
- : an assistant, especially to a chef.

He copied steadily in his beautiful commis voyageur handwriting until two o'clock.
The third of the commis voyageurs, the gentle one, made large eyes and was terrified that he was going to be sick.
"Follow the commis-voyageur in France and dine well (and cheaply)" might readily be the motto of all travellers in France.
The commis happened to remark, that he thought Bonaparte's career was nearly finished, and that he would meet his fate presently.
He was one of the class known in England as "Commys," and so obnoxious in France as commis-voyageurs.