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housecarl

/hous-kahrl/US // ˈhaʊsˌkɑrl //UK // (ˈhaʊsˌkɑːl) //

宅急送,宅心仁厚,宅配,宅男

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.

Examples

  • Whereon the housecarl laughed a little, and said that it was but an ancient flint working.

  • Presently Erling came alongside me, leaving the housecarl to mind his comrade.

  • "Now is East Anglia mine in truth," he said; and with that he bade the housecarl fetch Curan, the cook's porter, to him.

  • And presently I thought that I might do worse than be a housecarl for a time, if Eglaf would have me.

  • "That, I take it, is a hint that you might like to be a housecarl of the king's," he said.