menial 音标拼音: [m'iniəl]
a . 适合仆人做的,卑微的
n . 仆人
适合仆人做的,卑微的仆人
menial adj 1 :
used of unskilled work (
especially domestic work ) [
synonym :
{
humble }, {
menial }, {
lowly }]
n 1 :
a domestic servant Menial \
Men "
ial \,
n .
1 .
A domestic servant or retainer ,
esp .
one of humble rank ;
one employed in low or servile offices .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A person of a servile character or disposition .
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1913 Webster ]
Menial \
Men "
ial \,
a . [
OE .
meneal ,
fr .
meine ,
maine ,
household ,
OF .
maisni ['
e ]
e ,
maisnie ,
LL .
mansionaticum .
See {
Mansion },
and cf . {
Meine },
n ., {
Meiny }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Belonging to a retinue or train of servants ;
performing servile office ;
serving .
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1913 Webster ]
Two menial dogs before their master pressed .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Pertaining to servants ,
esp .
domestic servants ;
servile ;
low ;
mean ;
as ,
menial tasks . "
Menial offices ." --
Swift .
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1913 Webster ]
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
menial ":
attendant ,
attending ,
base ,
blue -
collar worker ,
bootlicker ,
breadwinner ,
brown -
nosing ,
casual ,
casual laborer ,
common laborer ,
cringing ,
day laborer ,
degrading ,
demeaning ,
domestic ,
domestic servant ,
drudge ,
employee ,
factory worker ,
fag ,
fawning ,
flattering ,
flunky ,
free lance ,
free -
lancer ,
full -
time worker ,
gofer ,
hand ,
help ,
helping ,
humble ,
ignoble ,
industrial worker ,
jobber ,
jobholder ,
laborer ,
laboring man ,
lackey ,
leech ,
lickspittle ,
low ,
lowly ,
mean ,
migrant ,
minion ,
ministering ,
moiler ,
navvy ,
obeisant ,
obsequious ,
office temporary ,
parasite ,
proletarian ,
roustabout ,
routine ,
salaried worker ,
scullion ,
self -
employed person ,
serf ,
servant ,
servile ,
serving ,
servitor ,
servitorial ,
slave ,
slavey ,
slavish ,
stiff ,
submissive ,
subservient ,
sycophant ,
sycophantic ,
temporary ,
toady ,
toadying ,
toiler ,
turnspit ,
underling ,
unskilled ,
wage earner ,
wage slave ,
wageworker ,
waiting ,
worker ,
workgirl ,
workhand ,
working girl ,
workingman ,
workingwoman ,
workman ,
yes -
man
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MENIAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of MENIAL is of or relating to servants : lowly How to use menial in a sentence
MENIAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Add to word list (of work) needing little skill or education: a menial job (Definition of menial from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
MENIAL definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary Menial work is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid
Menial - definition of menial by The Free Dictionary Define menial menial synonyms, menial pronunciation, menial translation, English dictionary definition of menial adj 1 Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile
menial adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of menial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
menial - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective menial (comparative more menial, superlative most menial) Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
menial, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word menial, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
MENIAL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com MENIAL definition: lowly and sometimes degrading See examples of menial used in a sentence
Menial - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Definitions of menial adjective used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) synonyms: humble, lowly
Menial Definition Meaning | YourDictionary Menial definition: Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile