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lackey

/lak-ee/US // ˈlæk i //UK // (ˈlækɪ) //

奴才,仆人,奴仆,奴才们

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural lack·eys.

    • : a servile follower; toady.
    • : a footman or liveried manservant.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lack·eyed, lack·ey·ing.

    • : to attend as a lackey does.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A buck-naked Jamal—don't ask—is dealing with the lackey by beating him in a bathroom.

  • Bassam shouts, just as Jamal slices into the screaming lackey's fingers with a straight razor.

  • When Wayne returns, the U.S. government sends its lackey Superman to pound some sense into Batman.

  • Last term Netanyahu gave the post to his lackey Yuval Steinitz, who was never heard from again.

  • An aide named Miles Lackey was sitting in the front passenger seat.

  • A fellow rudely clad—a hybrid between man-at-arms and lackey—lounged on a musket to confront them in the gateway.

  • The soldier lackey resigned the reins to Rabecque, and requested Monsieur de Garnache to follow him.

  • But mindful of her fears, he dispatched one of the troopers to stand sentry outside her door whilst he and his lackey supped.

  • He turned to Rabecque, and the sight of his face sent the lackey back a pace or two in very fear.

  • Rabecque, reflecting his master's mood—as becomes a good lackey—rode silent and gloomy a pace or two in the rear.