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domestique

/doh-mes-teek/US // ˌdoʊ mɛsˈtik //

驯兽师,扈从,扈从者,驯服者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Cycling. a member of a bicycle-racing team who assists the leader, as by setting a pace, preventing breakaways by other teams, or supplying food during a race.

Examples

  • Yellow means “switch on,” for example if it’s a stretch where the domestiques have to watch for other teams’ breaks.

  • The less accomplished domestiques show a much greater effect of fatigue.

  • These sprints are highly choreographed, relying on a series of domestiques to lead the sprinter into position for a potential win at the very end of the race.

  • Like Bossuet he was unable to work when bothered about small economies:—s'il était à l'étroit dans son domestique.

  • In my passport, after my name, was added ‘et son domestique.’

  • Domestique fly; and on de instant I vas shown into de drawing-room.

  • Les divinits du Capitole avaient un nombreux domestique attach leur personne et qui tait charg de ce soin.

  • Tantt visible, tantt invisible, il prsidait tous les actes de la vie domestique.