footboy
/foot-boi/US // ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ //UK // (ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ) //
脚夫,步行者,步兵,步行男孩
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a boy in livery employed as a servant; page.
Examples
Mrs. Bungay's own footboy was lost amidst those large and black-coated attendants.
Jack, the footboy, whispered that they had pistols, and that he believed they were Bow-street officers.
Extreme cold is very well expressed in the slip-shod footboy, and the girl who is warming her hands.
And then Mr. Robarts walked into the house, his portmanteau following on a footboy's shoulder.
Mary was brought up as a boy, and at the age of 13 was engaged as a footboy to wait on a French lady.
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