flunky

英 ['flʌŋkɪ]美 ['flʌŋki]

n. 仆人，奴才；走狗

英文词源

flunky (n.)

also flunkey, 1782, Scottish dialect, "footman, liveried servant," of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive variant of flanker (in reference to servants running alongside coaches; compare footman). Sense of "flatterer, toady" first recorded 1855. "Recent in literature, but prob. much older in colloquial speech" [Century Dictionary].

双语例句

1. The man of honour is broad and tolerant , the flunky is worry and misgiving.

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