bellboy

• n. 侍者

bell, 钟，铃。boy, 男孩。在步话机广泛使用之前，宾馆前台通常用摇铃来通知门童或其它服务员。

bellboy (n.)

from bell (n.) + boy; originally (1851) a ship's bell-ringer, later (1861) a hotel page.

1. Can you get a bellboy to retrieve my bags from my room?

能不能请你派一位行李员到我房间取行李?

来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号

2. Chandler exacted the flat two dollars daily from each bellboy.

钱德勒每天从每个侍者身上榨取足足两块钱.

来自辞典例句

3. Her own footsteps and the bellboy's were muffled in the carpeted corridor.

由于走廊里铺着地毯,她自己和侍者的脚步声全给淹没了.

来自辞典例句

4. The bellboy planked down the baggage.

(旅馆)侍者把行李砰一声放下来.

来自辞典例句

5. At sixteen he got a job as a bellboy in a Kansas City hotel.

十六岁那年,他在堪萨斯城一家旅馆找了个服务员差事.

来自辞典例句