factotum
英 [f?k't??t?m]
美[f?k'tot?m]
- n. 家務(wù)總管；雜役；雜工
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?factotums;
助記提示
1、fac- "do" + tot- + -um(拉丁語(yǔ)后綴，該詞直接源于拉丁語(yǔ)).
2、含義：do everything.
3、凡是使用拉丁語(yǔ)后綴或者希臘語(yǔ)后綴的單詞，都是直接源于拉丁語(yǔ)或者希臘語(yǔ)，沒做任何更改。
2、含義：do everything.
3、凡是使用拉丁語(yǔ)后綴或者希臘語(yǔ)后綴的單詞，都是直接源于拉丁語(yǔ)或者希臘語(yǔ)，沒做任何更改。
中文詞源
factotum 事務(wù)總管
fac-,做，詞源同fact. totum,總的，詞源同total. 用來指事務(wù)總管。
英文詞源
- factotum
- factotum: [16] A factotum is literally someone who ‘does everything’. It was coined from fac, the imperative form of the Latin verb facere ‘do’, and tōtum ‘a(chǎn)ll’ (source of English total). Originally it was used virtually as a name, in phrases such as ‘Master Factotum’, and it does not seem to have been until the late 18th century that it settled into its current role as an ordinary noun.
=> fact, total - factotum (n.)
- "one who does all kinds of work for another," 1560s, from Medieval Latin factotum "do everything," from fac, imperative of facere "to make, do" (see factitious) + totum "all" (see total (adj.)).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. We need a factotum to take care of the workshop.
- 我們需要一個(gè)雜役來負(fù)責(zé)車間的事情。
來自辭典例句