Groom

(noun.) a man who has recently been married.

(noun.) a man participant in his own marriage ceremony.

(verb.) care for one's external appearance; 'He is always well-groomed'.

手打:撒迪厄斯

• A groom took the cutter to the stables, and Archer struck through the park to the high-road. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• A fine horse, my friend, said the Count, addressing the groom with the most engaging familiarity of manner, You are going to drive out? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I am after Ph?be to shoot her, and the groom is gone another way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She is not well, ma'am, says a groom in Mrs. Rouncewell's audience-chamber. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Arternoon, you mean,' replied the groom, casting a surly look at Sam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• At the sand-hillocks we were met by the under-groom, running to us from the house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• This groom is the pilot-fish before the nobler shark. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They know we are poor, so it's no use pretending that we have grooms, buy three or four hats a season, and have things as easy and fine as they do. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Hunter waited until his fellow-grooms had returned, when he sent a message to the trainer and told him what had occurred. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Sir Percival himself dismissed the grooms and stablemen, sending them, with all the horses but one, to London. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The horses are splendid, and the men, especially the grooms, ride well, but the women are stiff, and bounce, which isn't according to our rules. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• They went around, one after the other, their heads down, the grooms leading them. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I fancy them guarded by grooms of the chamber with flaming silver forks with which they prong all those who have not the right of the entree. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• After breakfast, his two grooms rode up to the door with three horses: one of them was a delightfully quiet-looking lady's horse. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The well-groomed chestnut horse and two beautiful setters could leave no doubt that the rider was Sir James Chettam. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This sparkling sally is to the effect that although he always knew she was the best-groomed woman in the stud, he had no idea she was a bolter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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