| 单词 | valet |
| 释义 | Related topics: Clothes & fashion, Occupations, Motor vehicles, Tourismval·et1 /ˈvælət, ˈvæleɪ $ væˈleɪ/ noun [countable] 1. DCBOa male servant who looks after a man’s clothes, serves his meals etc 〔男子的〕贴身男仆，男仆从 → maid2 (also valet parker American English)BOTTC someone who parks your car for you at a restaurant, hotel etc 〔餐厅或酒店等场所〕为客人停车的人 valet service 代客泊车服务3. British EnglishBODLT someone who cleans the clothes of people staying in a hotel 〔为酒店客人洗衣服的〕服务员Examples from the Corpusvalet• He had lived in castles and palaces, and been attended by courtiers, soldiers and valets.• The valet had gone down on his knees, his head pressed to the floor, his whole body visibly shaking.• Gaggia machines burbled on marble bars, new secretaries clicked across polished floors, uniformed valets twirled glass doors.• Oh, for the days when valets could actually leave keys in cars -- and not lose them.Related topics: Motor vehiclesvalet2 verb [transitive] British English CLEANTTCto clean someone’s car 清洗〔汽车〕 a valeting service 洗车服务→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusvalet• So here he was six months later valeting his clothes on a hot Sunday afternoon when any normal youth would be outside.• I had Cooper's respray the panel and valet the innards with hot steam.Origin valet (1400-1500) Old French vaslet, valet “young male servant”, from Medieval Latin vassellittus, from vassus; → VASSALval·et1 nounvalet2 verbChineseSyllable after looks Corpus who male clothes, man’s a servant a |
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