Beefeater

['bifitɚ]
  • n. 吃牛肉者;伦敦塔的守卫

英文词源


beefeater (n.)
"warder of the Tower of London," 1670s, a contemptuous reference to well-fed servants of the royal household; the notion is of "one who eats another's beef" (see eater, and compare Old English hlaf-æta "servant," literally "loaf-eater").

双语例句


1. Beefeater says: Do not manage they.
守卫说: 别理他们.

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