attendant

noun

/əˈtendənt/

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a person whose job is to serve or help people in a public place
- a cloakroom/parking/museum attendant
- Pool attendants kept a constant watch on the swimmers.
see also flight attendantTopics Jobsb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- car-park
- garage
- gas-station
- …
See full entry
a person who takes care of and lives or travels with an important person or a sick or disabled personTopics Medicineb2

Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French, from atendre ‘give one's attention to’, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.

attendant

adjective

/əˈtendənt/

[usually before noun] (formal)

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closely connected with something that has just been mentioned
- attendant problems/risks/circumstances
- She wanted to avoid the awards ceremony and all its attendant publicity.
- attendant upon something We had all the usual problems attendant upon starting a new business.
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French, from atendre ‘give one's attention to’, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.

单词	attendant
释义	attendant noun /əˈtendənt/ /əˈtendənt/ jump to other results a person whose job is to serve or help people in a public place a cloakroom/parking/museum attendant Pool attendants kept a constant watch on the swimmers. see also flight attendantTopics Jobsb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective car-park garage gas-station … See full entry a person who takes care of and lives or travels with an important person or a sick or disabled personTopics Medicineb2 Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French, from atendre ‘give one's attention to’, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’. attendant adjective /əˈtendənt/ /əˈtendənt/ [usually before noun] (formal) jump to other results closely connected with something that has just been mentioned attendant problems/risks/circumstances She wanted to avoid the awards ceremony and all its attendant publicity. attendant upon something We had all the usual problems attendant upon starting a new business. Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French, from atendre ‘give one's attention to’, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
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