batman
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(military) A servant or valet to a military officer.
Đồng nghĩa: orderly
- 2.
(broadly, informal)(by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter.
- 3.
(Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
- 4.
(historical)(historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
Euery bateman [in Bagdad] maketh 7. pound and 5. ounces English waight.
Their weights [in Khiva] are the great batman equal to 18 lb. russian, and the lesser batman 9¼.
At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois.
- 5.
Coelostathma discopunctana, a moth of Eastern North America.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
- 2.
(slang)(slang, climbing) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).
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From bat + man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (to bear, carry, lift).