| 单词 |
Jeeves |
| 释义 |
Jeeves|dʒiːvz|
The name of a character in the novels of P. G. Wodehouse represented as the perfect valet, used allusively. Hence ˈJeevesian, Jeeves-like adjs., resembling Jeeves.
1930E. Waugh Labels iii. 46 The stewards..maintained a Jeeves-like standard of courtesy and efficiency. 1952‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in House xiii. 149 I'll..get my evening clothes out, and appear as the Jeeves of the chafing dish. 1957M. Summerton Sunset Hour i. 7 That dummy Jeeves we've hired for the evening. 1962Observer 24 June 24/8 A periphrastic and Jeevesian repetition. 1970Times 8 Apr. 18/3 (Advt.), Jeeves required to attend the needs of wealthy bachelor. 1972Listener 27 Jan. 125/2 His Jeeves-like valet. 1972E. Routley Puritan Pleasures of Detective Story xii. 140 Wimsey is buried in a trench and rescued by his batman. The batman becomes his Jeeves. In Bunter there is about 70 per cent Jeeves. |
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