livery
英 [ˈlɪv.ər.i]
美 [ˈlɪv.ɚ.i]
将“livery”与“lively”这个同音词联系起来,通过联想一个“lively”的场景,比如一个充满活力和色彩的制服展示,来帮助记忆“livery”这个单词,它指的是制服或服装。
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livery 制服来自古法语livrer,分发,交付,词源同deliver,交付,投递。引申词义分发给仆人的制服或津贴,分发给马发的马食,后该词主要用于指分发给仆人的制服。
- livery (n.)
- c. 1300, "household allowance of any kind (food, provisions, clothing) to retainers or servants," from Anglo-French livere (late 13c.), Old French livrée, "allowance, ration, pay," originally "(clothes) delivered by a master to his retinue," from fem. past participle of livrer "to dispense, deliver, hand over," from Latin liberare (see liberate). The sense later was reduced to "servants' rations" and "provender for horses" (mid-15c.). The former led to the meaning "distinctive clothing given to servants" (early 14c.); the latter now is obsolete except in livery stable (1705). Related: Liveried.
- 1. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.
- 她由穿着华丽制服、头戴扑粉假发的仆人们伺候着。
- 2. Suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood.
- 突然有一个穿制服的听差从树林里跑出来.
- 3. The door was opened by a servant in livery.
- 门由一个穿制服的仆人打开了.
- 4. They had a footman in livery with them.
- 她们有一个穿着号衣的男仆人照应着.
- 5. A sedate person out of livery approached them and relieved the maid of her bags.
- 一个举止庄重的没穿制服的人走来,从女仆手里接过提包.