factotum
英[f?k't??t?m]
美[f?k'tot?m]
- n. 家務總管；雜役；雜工
詞態變化
復數:?factotums;
助記提示
1、fac- "do" + tot- + -um(拉丁語后綴，該詞直接源于拉丁語).
2、含義：do everything.
3、凡是使用拉丁語后綴或者希臘語后綴的單詞，都是直接源于拉丁語或者希臘語，沒做任何更改。
中文詞源
factotum 事務總管
fac-,做，詞源同fact. totum,總的，詞源同total. 用來指事務總管。
英文詞源
- factotum
- factotum: [16] A factotum is literally someone who ‘does everything’. It was coined from fac, the imperative form of the Latin verb facere ‘do’, and tōtum ‘all’ (source of English total). Originally it was used virtually as a name, in phrases such as ‘Master Factotum’, and it does not seem to have been until the late 18th century that it settled into its current role as an ordinary noun.
=> fact, total - factotum (n.)
- "one who does all kinds of work for another," 1560s, from Medieval Latin factotum "do everything," from fac, imperative of facere "to make, do" (see factitious) + totum "all" (see total (adj.)).
雙語例句
- 1. We need a factotum to take care of the workshop.
- 我們需要一個雜役來負責車間的事情。
來自辭典例句