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servant

noun
 
🔊/ˈsɜːvənt/
🔊/ˈsɜːrvənt/
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  1.  
     a person who works in another person’s house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them仆人；佣人
    • a domestic servant家仆
    • a faithful/devoted/trusted servant忠实/忠诚/可信赖的仆人
    • They treat their mother like a servant.他们像对待佣人一样对待自己的母亲。🔊🔊
    • servant to somebody She was working as a servant to the Smith family.她当时是史密斯一家的仆人。
    • servant of somebody one of the servants of the king of Persia波斯国王的仆人之一
    Extra Examples
    • Servants scurried around him.仆人们围着他跑前跑后。
    • The duchess arrived, surrounded by her army of servants.公爵夫人在大批随从的簇拥下抵达。
    • The relationship was one of master and servant.这种关系是主人和仆人之一。
    • They went up another set of stairs to the servants' quarters.他们又上了楼梯到仆人的住所。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • devoted
    • faithful
    • loyal
    • …
    verb + servant
    • employ
    • have
    • call
    • …
    servant + verb
    • serve somebody
    • wait on somebody
    • work
    • …
    servant + noun
    • boy
    • girl
    preposition
    • servant to
    phrases
    • an army of servants
    • a servant of the Crown
    • a servant of the people
    • …
    See full entry
  2. servant (to/of something) a person who works for a company or an organization（公司或机构的）雇员，职员
    • Mr Bennet said his client was a loyal servant to the council.本几乎完全瘫痪，中风后无法说话。
    see also civil servant, public servant
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • devoted
    • faithful
    • loyal
    • …
    verb + servant
    • employ
    • have
    • call
    • …
    servant + verb
    • serve somebody
    • wait on somebody
    • work
    • …
    servant + noun
    • boy
    • girl
    preposition
    • servant to
    phrases
    • an army of servants
    • a servant of the Crown
    • a servant of the people
    • …
    See full entry
  3. servant to/of something a person or thing that is controlled by something奴仆般受制（或献身）于…的人；服务于…的事物
    • He was willing to make himself a servant of his art.他甘愿献身于自己的艺术。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘(person) serving’, present participle (used as a noun) of servir ‘to serve’.
Idioms
your obedient servant
  1. (old use) used to end a formal letter（用作正式信函的结束语）您恭顺的仆人