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A majordomo is the person who runs a big house from the inside: they are in charge of the servants, the daily work, and making sure the place actually works. Think of an old, grand home with cooks, cleaners, and people at the door — the majordomo is the one they all answer to. The word feels a little old and a little grand; you meet it in stories about palaces, rich families, and hotels more than in ordinary flats. People also stretch it, with a smile, to mean anyone who quietly runs everything — the one who books the rooms, fixes the trouble, and keeps the whole show standing. It sits close to butler, though a butler is often one senior servant (especially around the room), while a majordomo is the head of the whole household staff.
總管家、大管家
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。
majordomonoun/ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈdəʊ.məʊ/
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The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.
- Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.
- In return for ruling over the king's palace, serving as the monarch's alter ego in the domestic sphere, and bearing the burden of accountability, the majordomo was compensated amply.
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A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.
- She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.
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Any overseer, organizer, person in command.
- The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences.
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。