| 释义 |
underˈserve, v.
[under-1 8 a, 10 a. Cf. underserve s.v. under-1 2.]
†1. To be subservient (to). Obs.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. vii. §1 Things which did but onely vnder-serue, and conduce to the..principall end.
2. To serve insufficiently.
1710Palmer Proverbs 147 He, that over-works a servant to day, must be content to be under-serv'd to morrow. |