steward
英 ['stjuːəd]
美['stuɚd]
- n. 管家；乘务员；膳务员；工会管事
- vi. 当服务员；当管事
- vt. 管理
- n. (Steward)人名；(英)斯图尔德
词态变化
复数: stewards;
中文词源
steward 管家，监工，乘务员，服务员
来自古英语 stigweard,保安，清洁工，来自 stig,屋子，牛棚，词源同 sty,猪圈，肮脏的屋子， weard,看管，词源同 ward,看护，守护。后引申词义管家，监工，司务长，船上食品管理员， 现词义乘务员，服务员等。
英文词源
- steward
- steward: [OE] A steward is etymologically someone ‘in charge of a sty’. Its Old English ancestor stigweard was a compound formed from stig ‘hall, house’ (a relative, if not the direct ancestor, of English sty ‘dwelling for pigs’) and weard ‘guardian, keeper’ – hence ‘keeper of the hall’.
=> guard, sty, ward - steward (n.)
- Old English stiward, stigweard "house guardian, housekeeper," from stig "hall, pen for cattle, part of a house" (see sty (n.1)) + weard "guard" (see ward (n.)). Used after the Conquest as the equivalent of Old French seneschal (q.v.). Meaning "overseer of workmen" is attested from c. 1300. The sense of "officer on a ship in charge of provisions and meals" is first recorded mid-15c.; extended to trains 1906. This was the title of a class of high officers of the state in early England and Scotland, hence meaning "one who manages affairs of an estate on behalf of his employer" (late 14c.). Meaning "person who supervises arrangements" at a meeting, dinner, etc., is from 1703.
The Scottish form (with terminal -t attested from late 14c.) is reflected in Stewart, name of the royal house descended from Walter (the) Steward, who married (1315) Marjorie de Bruce, daughter of King Robert. Stuart is a French spelling, attested from 1429 and adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots.
双语例句
- 1. They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward.
- 他们还声称保安人员将一位乘务员推搡至一边。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He signed up as a steward with P&O Lines.
- 他签约了P&O航运公司，成为了一名乘务员。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. We pressed the buzzer in our cabin and a steward arrived instantly.
- 我们按了客舱的呼叫器,一个乘务员马上来了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He's the steward of the club.
- 他是这家俱乐部的管理员.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He is the steward of that great estate.
- 他是那笔大财产的管理人.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》