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.
君子坦荡荡,小人常戚戚.

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