steward

英 ['stju??d] 美['stu?d]

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復數(shù):?stewards;

steward 管家，監(jiān)工，乘務員，服務員

來自古英語 stigweard,保安，清潔工，來自 stig,屋子，牛棚，詞源同 sty,豬圈，骯臟的屋子， weard,看管，詞源同 ward,看護，守護。后引申詞義管家，監(jiān)工，司務長，船上食品管理員，現(xiàn)詞義乘務員，服務員等。

steward: steward: [OE] A steward is etymologically someone ‘in charge of a sty’. Its Old English ancestor stigweard was a compound formed from stig ‘hall, house’ (a relative, if not the direct ancestor, of English sty ‘dwelling for pigs’) and weard ‘guardian, keeper’ – hence ‘keeper of the hall’.
=> guard, sty, ward
steward (n.): Old English stiward, stigweard "house guardian, housekeeper," from stig "hall, pen for cattle, part of a house" (see sty (n.1)) + weard "guard" (see ward (n.)). Used after the Conquest as the equivalent of Old French seneschal (q.v.). Meaning "overseer of workmen" is attested from c. 1300. The sense of "officer on a ship in charge of provisions and meals" is first recorded mid-15c.; extended to trains 1906. This was the title of a class of high officers of the state in early England and Scotland, hence meaning "one who manages affairs of an estate on behalf of his employer" (late 14c.). Meaning "person who supervises arrangements" at a meeting, dinner, etc., is from 1703.

The Scottish form (with terminal -t attested from late 14c.) is reflected in Stewart, name of the royal house descended from Walter (the) Steward, who married (1315) Marjorie de Bruce, daughter of King Robert. Stuart is a French spelling, attested from 1429 and adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots.

1. They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward.: 他們還聲稱保安人員將一位乘務員推搡至一邊。

3. We pressed the buzzer in our cabin and a steward arrived instantly.: 我們按了客艙的呼叫器,一個乘務員馬上來了.