| 释义 |
‖ plongeur|plɔ̃ʒør|
[Fr.]
A boy who is employed as a menial in a restaurant or hotel.
1933‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out in Paris & London iv. 32 The whole staff, from the manager down to the plongeurs, was working twenty-one hours a day. 1954J. Atkins George Orwell iv. 94 Why does the plongeur exist if his work is largely useless? 1964Punch 1 Apr. 494/1 He'd have to become a dish-washer, or perhaps even a plongeur. 1967G. Woodcock Crystal Spirit ii. v. 100 The world of common lodging-houses..as different from his [sc. Orwell's] life among the plongeurs as England is different from France. 1976Observer 22 Feb. 22/3 It is over 40 years since George Orwell described a plongeur's life in ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’. 1977Daily Tel. 18 Mar. 18 Titles are nice but surely the Dorchester is going a little too far advertising for a ‘Supervisor Plongeur’ to head the washing up department. |