释义 |
menial/ˈmi:niəl/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 (esp. of unskilled domestic work) degrading, servile 适于仆人做的,卑贱的(尤指无需特殊技能的家务事) 2 usu. derog. [通常贬] (of a servant) domestic (仆人)干家务的 ●n. 1 a menial servant 低下家仆 2 a servile person 奴颜婢膝的人 □ menially adv.[Middle English from Old French meinee ‘household’] |