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a person who works in another person’s house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them 仆人；佣人 a domestic servant 家仆 a faithful/devoted/trusted servant 忠实的/忠诚的/可信赖的仆人 They treat their mother like a servant. 他们像对待佣人一样对待自己的母亲。 - servant to somebody
She was working as a servant to the Smith family. 她是史密斯家的仆人。 - servant of somebody
one of the servants of the king of Persia 波斯国王的仆人之一
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb1Servants scurried around him. 仆人们围着他跑前跑后。 The duchess arrived, surrounded by her army of servants. 公爵夫人在大批随从的簇拥下抵达。 The relationship was one of master and servant. 这是一种主人和仆人的关系。 They went up another set of stairs to the servants' quarters. 他们上了另一层楼梯，来到仆人的住处。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- devoted
- faithful
- loyal
- …
- employ
- have
- call
- …
- serve somebody
- wait on somebody
- work
- …
- boy
- girl
- servant to
- an army of servants
- a servant of the Crown
- a servant of the people
- …
- servant (to/of something)
a person who works for a company or an organization （公司或机构的）雇员，职员 Mr Bennet said his client was a loyal servant to the council. 班纳特先生说他的委托人是议会的忠实仆人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- devoted
- faithful
- loyal
- …
- employ
- have
- call
- …
- serve somebody
- wait on somebody
- work
- …
- boy
- girl
- servant to
- an army of servants
- a servant of the Crown
- a servant of the people
- …
- servant to/of something
a person or thing that is controlled by something 奴仆般受制（或献身）于…的人；服务于…的事物
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘(person) serving’, present participle (used as a noun) of servir ‘to serve’.
Idioms
your obedient servant
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used to end a formal letter （用作正式信函的结束语）您恭顺的仆人