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houseboy

/hous-boi/US // ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ //UK // (ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ) //

宅男,男仆,家政服务员,男仆人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : houseman.

Examples

  • He was a plantation houseboy in Virginia and did, as Cecil does in the film, leave in the pursuit of better employment.

  • He was a houseboy for Mrs. Burris and then he was a houseboy for my grandmother.

  • The cook and the houseboy looked after him with the unobtrusive perfection of service found only in the East.

  • The umfaan will save half of his wages of $2.50 or $3 a month that he receives as houseboy.

  • Lazada waved a pudgy hand and a slippered houseboy appeared like a genie, carrying two iced glasses of coke.

  • It was missing in him still, when he came that night rather late to the apartment where only the Japanese houseboy awaited him.

  • On Earth, he lived in a little Vermont cottage and enjoyed the quiet companionship of two cats, a Japanese houseboy, and a wife.