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Jeeves is a man in funny English stories by P. G. Wodehouse. He is the valet — a male servant who looks after clothes, meals, and daily life — of a rich young man called Bertie Wooster.
Jeeves is a man in funny English storiesJeeves是一套有趣英國故事裡的角色 by P.作者姓名開頭是P. G.中間縮寫是G. Wodehouse.姓Wodehouse（伍德豪斯），全名P. G. Wodehouse He is the valet他是valet（男僕） a male servant who looks after clothes, meals, and daily life負責照顧衣物、三餐和日常生活的男僕 of a rich young man called Bertie Wooster服侍一位叫做Bertie Wooster的有錢年輕人
Bertie is kind but often silly; Jeeves is calm, clever, and very patient. Again and again Bertie gets into a social mess, and Jeeves quietly finds a way out.
Bertie is kind but often sillyBertie人很好，但常常很傻 Jeeves is calm, clever, and very patientJeeves則是冷靜、聰明，而且非常有耐心 Again and again Bertie gets into a social messBertie一次又一次把社交場合搞得一團亂 and Jeeves quietly finds a way outJeeves則默默找到解決的辦法
The joke is that the servant is wiser than the gentleman.
The joke is這裡的笑點是 that the servant is wiser than the gentleman僕人比主人還聰明
Because so many people know the stories, English speakers sometimes say “a Jeeves” for a who can fix anything without fuss. That is a nickname from the character, not a job title in real life. It is always a name, so it takes a capital J.
Because so many people know the stories因為很多人都知道這些故事 English speakers sometimes say "a Jeeves"說英文的人有時候會說「a Jeeves」 for a helper who can fix anything without fuss來指那種什麼都能不動聲色搞定的幫手 That is a nickname from the character這是從角色來的暱稱 not a job title in real life不是現實生活裡的職稱 It is always a name它一直都是個名字 so it takes a capital J所以J要大寫
組成It began as a surname. That surname comes from a Middle English pet form of the woman’s name Genevieve. Wodehouse then used it for the valet.
同家族的字
- Genevievethe older name that the surname Jeeves was built from, as a short pet form
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Jeevesname/d͡ʒiːvz/
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A surname originating as a matronymic.
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A fictional valet in the stories by P. G. Wodehouse.
- “Do you never overlook anything, Bunter?” ”I endeavour to give satisfaction, my lord.” ”Well, then, don’t talk like Jeeves. It irritates me. …”
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A valet, butler or helper who fulfills the model of a helpful servant.
- When you name a baby Jeeves, you've pretty much mapped out his future, wouldn't you say?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。