attendant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
    — Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
  2. A servant or valet.
  3. A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place. archaic
    — The most remarkable of all the attendants of the exhibition at the grove near Rockville, was the grace and loveliness of the young beauties, who, mingling with the crowd of farmers, were all intent and gazing upon the stock and other agricultural products, unconscious that they were themselves ‘the observed of all observers;’ […]
  4. That which accompanies or follows.
  5. One who owes a duty or service to another.
形容词 adj.
  1. Going with; associated; concomitant.
    — They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
  2. Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
    — the widow attendant to the heir

词形变化

attendants plural attendaunt alternative,obsolete attendaunt alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.
词源 2
From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.
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