menial 音标拼音: [m'iniəl]
a . 适合仆人做的,卑微的
n . 仆人
适合仆人做的,卑微的仆人
menial adj 1 :
used of unskilled work (
especially domestic work ) [
synonym :
{
humble }, {
menial }, {
lowly }]
n 1 :
a domestic servant Menial \
Men "
ial \,
n .
1 .
A domestic servant or retainer ,
esp .
one of humble rank ;
one employed in low or servile offices .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A person of a servile character or disposition .
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1913 Webster ]
Menial \
Men "
ial \,
a . [
OE .
meneal ,
fr .
meine ,
maine ,
household ,
OF .
maisni ['
e ]
e ,
maisnie ,
LL .
mansionaticum .
See {
Mansion },
and cf . {
Meine },
n ., {
Meiny }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Belonging to a retinue or train of servants ;
performing servile office ;
serving .
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1913 Webster ]
Two menial dogs before their master pressed .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Pertaining to servants ,
esp .
domestic servants ;
servile ;
low ;
mean ;
as ,
menial tasks . "
Menial offices ." --
Swift .
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1913 Webster ]
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
menial ":
attendant ,
attending ,
base ,
blue -
collar worker ,
bootlicker ,
breadwinner ,
brown -
nosing ,
casual ,
casual laborer ,
common laborer ,
cringing ,
day laborer ,
degrading ,
demeaning ,
domestic ,
domestic servant ,
drudge ,
employee ,
factory worker ,
fag ,
fawning ,
flattering ,
flunky ,
free lance ,
free -
lancer ,
full -
time worker ,
gofer ,
hand ,
help ,
helping ,
humble ,
ignoble ,
industrial worker ,
jobber ,
jobholder ,
laborer ,
laboring man ,
lackey ,
leech ,
lickspittle ,
low ,
lowly ,
mean ,
migrant ,
minion ,
ministering ,
moiler ,
navvy ,
obeisant ,
obsequious ,
office temporary ,
parasite ,
proletarian ,
roustabout ,
routine ,
salaried worker ,
scullion ,
self -
employed person ,
serf ,
servant ,
servile ,
serving ,
servitor ,
servitorial ,
slave ,
slavey ,
slavish ,
stiff ,
submissive ,
subservient ,
sycophant ,
sycophantic ,
temporary ,
toady ,
toadying ,
toiler ,
turnspit ,
underling ,
unskilled ,
wage earner ,
wage slave ,
wageworker ,
waiting ,
worker ,
workgirl ,
workhand ,
working girl ,
workingman ,
workingwoman ,
workman ,
yes -
man
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MENIAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of MENIAL is of or relating to servants : lowly How to use menial in a sentence
MENIAL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com MENIAL definition: lowly and sometimes degrading See examples of menial used in a sentence
MENIAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary An employee who performs menial tasks such as running errands and answering phones; an assistant
Menial - definition of menial by The Free Dictionary Define menial menial synonyms, menial pronunciation, menial translation, English dictionary definition of menial adj 1 Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile
MENIAL definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary Menial work is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid
menial - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective menial (comparative more menial, superlative most menial) Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
menial adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of menial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
menial, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word menial, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
menial - WordReference. com Dictionary of English me•ni•al•ly, adv WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 me•ni•al (mē′ nē əl, mēn′ yəl), adj lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work servile; submissive: menial attitudes pertaining to or suitable for domestic servants; humble: menial furnishings n a domestic servant a servile
Menial Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary MENIAL meaning: used to describe boring or unpleasant work that does not require special skill and usually does not pay much money