| 单词 | factotum |
| 释义 | factotum (once / 10706 pages) n If you're running late and still need to iron your clothes and make breakfast, but can't find your shoes, you may wish you had a factotum, or a servant who does a variety of odd jobs for their employer. Factotum sounds like the two words “fact” and “totem” spliced together, but this curious noun originally comes from the Latin words that mean "do" and "everything." In current times, since servants aren’t typical anymore, we might call someone who has a paid job like this a jack-of-all-trades or possibly a personal assistant. WORD FAMILYfactotum: factotums USAGE EXAMPLES“You got me,” the flummoxed factotum would reply. Wall Street Journal(Nov 11, 2016) She sends her factotums off to West Africa periodically to look in on a new school she’s funded in an impoverished village. Seattle Times(Nov 09, 2016) There was a factotum in Basing, Whose presence of mind was amazing. New York Times(Aug 27, 2015) n a servant employed to do a variety of jobs Hyper retainer, servant a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) |
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