单词 | majordomo |
释义 | majordomo From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Household Occupationsmajordomoma‧jor‧do‧mo /ˌmeɪdʒəˈdəʊməʊ $ -dʒərˈdoʊmoʊ/ noun (plural majordomos) [countable] old-fashionedBODHsomeone in charge of the servants in a large houseExamples from the Corpusmajordomo• Distraught, the fat majordomo was bustling into the pineapple.• Liveried guards admitted the majordomo and those he escorted into the marble pineapple.• Meh'Lindi moved closer to the majordomo, her fingers flexing.Origin majordomo (1500-1600) Spanish mayordomo or early Italian maiordomo, from Medieval Latin major domus “chief of the house” |
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