| 单词 | attendant |
| 释义 | attendant (once / 261 pages) nadj An attendant is someone present at a meeting or event. A flight attendant, for example, tends to the needs of passengers on a plane trip. The word attendant has to do with being present. An attendant on a flight is present to help you if you need anything. An attendant event is one that happens in the presence of another event. In other words, it can mean "accompanying." An illness can have attendant symptoms that go along with it. Remember that the word ends in -ant. WORD FAMILYattendant: attendants+/attend: attendance, attendant, attended, attender, attending, attends, attention, attentive/attendance: attendances, nonattendance/attended: unattended/attender: attenders, nonattender/attention: attentional, attentions, inattention/attentive: attentively, attentiveness, inattentive/inattention: inattentions/inattentive: inattentively, inattentiveness USAGE EXAMPLESJasmine, a flight attendant from Tacoma; and Taylor, a mental-health counselor from Seattle. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Locker-room attendants reported that Jordan Spieth’s nameplate disappeared within 30 minutes of his wrapping up his eight-stroke victory last January. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) Many were wheelchair attendants and baggage handlers working for Huntleigh USA, a Texas-based company that workers specifically targeted that day. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a person who is present and participates in a meeting Syn|Hypo|Hyper attendee, attender, meeter conventioneer someone who attends a convention partygoersomeone who is attending a party symposiastsomeone who participates in a symposium participant someone who takes part in an activity 2n an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another Syn|Hypo|Hyper accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant associate any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another backgroundrelatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 3n someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper attender, tender Damocles the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC) Comtesse Du Barrycourtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793) Sir Walter RaleighEnglish courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) Sir John SucklingEnglish poet and courtier (1609-1642) companion one paid to accompany or assist or live with another baggagemanan attendant who takes care of baggage batmanan orderly assigned to serve a British military officer bellboy, bellhop, bellmansomeone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels bridesmaid, maid of honoran unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding caddie, golf caddiean attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player checkeran attendant who checks coats or baggage courtieran attendant at the court of a sovereign cupbearerthe attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine equerrya personal attendant of the British royal family escortan attendant who is employed to accompany someone esquire(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood famulusa close attendant (as to a scholar) gilliea young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief groomsmana male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding lifeguard, lifesaveran attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents linkboy, linkman(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets loaderan attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game matron of honora married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding hospital attendant, orderlya male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients orderlya soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer page, varletin medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood pagea youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings rackeran attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack rockeran attendant who rocks a child in a cradle secondthe official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match servitorsomeone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else squireyoung nobleman attendant on a knight gallant, squirea man who attends or escorts a woman flight attendant, stewardan attendant on an airplane litter-bearer, stretcher-bearerone who helps carry a stretcher trainbearerone who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion arouser, rouser, wakersomeone who rouses others from sleep armiger, armor-bearera squire carrying the armor of a knight best manthe principal groomsman at a wedding check girl, hatcheck girla female checker color guarda ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors guard of honor, honor guardan escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral mindersomeone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors air hostess, hostess, stewardessa woman steward on an airplane guide, ushersomeone employed to conduct others assistant, help, helper, supporter a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose 4adj being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation" Syn present being or existing in a specified place 5adj following or accompanying as a consequence an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems attendant circumstances Syn accompanying, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent subsequent following in time or order |
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