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单词 lackey
释义 lack·ey
I. noun
or lac·quey \ˈlakē, -ki\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French laquais, perhaps from Catalan lacayo, alacayo
1. : a liveried retainer : flunky, footman
 < there was jumping of lackeys, a slamming of car doors, a glare of headlights — Winifred Bambrick >
2. : a servile follower : hanger-on, toady
 < join him in refusing to be lackeys of an appointive official — M.W.Straight >
 < continued to caricature him as a lackey of capitalism — Time >
II. verb
or lacquey \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
obsolete : to play the lackey : dance attendance : toady
transitive verb
: to wait upon : serve obsequiously : attend
 < a thousand liveried angels lackey her — John Milton >
 < stop lackeying and valeting the spirit of the age — W.L.Sullivan >
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