lackey
🇬🇧 UK/'læki/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
n.
A liveried male servant; a person who behaves in a servile or fawning manner
仆人,侍从;马屁精,奉承者
v.
To serve or attend obsequiously; to act as a toady
奉承,侍候,拍马屁
🧩 Root Breakdown
Loanwordlackeyother
=lackey
Common Collocations
- 1.royal lackey皇室仆人
- 2.political lackey政治走狗
Example Sentences
- 1.
He was merely a lackey to the powerful businessman.
- 2.
The king's lackey carried his orders throughout the palace.