flunkey
noun /ˈflʌŋki/
/ˈflʌŋki/
(also flunky)
(plural flunkeys, flunkies)
- (disapproving) a person who tries to please somebody who is important and powerful by doing small jobs for them
阿谀奉承者；势利小人；马屁精 - The minister arrived, surrounded by the usual subservient flunkeys.
部长到了，周围都是通常唯唯诺诺的奴才。
- The minister arrived, surrounded by the usual subservient flunkeys.
- (old-fashioned) a servant in uniform
（穿制服的）男仆 - a team of hired flunkeys
一队受雇的走狗
- a team of hired flunkeys
词源mid 18th cent. (originally Scots): perhaps from flank in the sense ‘a person who stands at one's flank’.