domestique
驯兽师,扈从,扈从者,驯服者
Definitions
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- : 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.