单词 | cupbearer |
释义 | cupbearer (once / 28142 pages) n WORD FAMILY cupbearer: cupbearers USAGE EXAMPLESThe poem’s typical setting would be a garden where a drinking party was served by a beautiful young cupbearer, but the love would be unrequited. Economist(Feb 18, 2016) “If I kill my cupbearers, who will pour my wine and serve my supper?” she said, trying to make light of it. George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons(2011) When the custom of the heroic age, which permitted female cupbearers, fell into disuse, Hebe was replaced by Ganymede in the popular mythology. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) n the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine Hyper attendant, attender, tender someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
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