factotum

英 [fæk'təʊtəm] 美 [fæk'toʊtəm]

• n. 杂役；听差；家务总管

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 打杂的人，勤杂工，杂役，杂工，听差
2. （家务）总管，（事务）总管
3. 什么都得干的雇员
4. 【印】特大型花体大写字母

英英释义

Noun:

1. a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The old man who was his indoor factotum came at the same moment to the foot of the stairs.
   与此同时，那位担任家务总管的老头儿来到了楼梯下。

经典引文

• A general factotum, at one moment his personal attendant helping him to adjust his clothes, at another his confidential secretary.

  出自： D. Cecil

近反义词

【近义词】

• orderly 有秩序的
• servant 仆人