factotum

英 [fæk'təʊtəm]美 [fæk'totəm]
  • n. 家务总管；杂役；杂工
GRE

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1、fac- "do" + tot- + -um(拉丁语后缀，该词直接源于拉丁语).
2、含义：do everything.
3、凡是使用拉丁语后缀或者希腊语后缀的单词，都是直接源于拉丁语或者希腊语，没做任何更改。

中文词源

factotum 事务总管

fac-,做，词源同fact. totum,总的，词源同total. 用来指事务总管。

英文词源

factotum
factotum: [16] A factotum is literally someone who ‘does everything’. It was coined from fac, the imperative form of the Latin verb facere ‘do’, and tōtum ‘all’ (source of English total). Originally it was used virtually as a name, in phrases such as ‘Master Factotum’, and it does not seem to have been until the late 18th century that it settled into its current role as an ordinary noun.
=> fact, total
factotum (n.)
"one who does all kinds of work for another," 1560s, from Medieval Latin factotum "do everything," from fac, imperative of facere "to make, do" (see factitious) + totum "all" (see total (adj.)).

双语例句

1. We need a factotum to take care of the workshop.
我们需要一个杂役来负责车间的事情。
来自辞典例句