名詞 beefeater:

1. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
   同義詞：yeoman, yeoman of the guard

beef.eat.er

n.（名詞）
A yeoman of the British monarch`s royal guard.
英國(guó)皇家衛(wèi)隊(duì)的衛(wèi)士

<注釋>Tourists in England who have seen the warders of the Tower of London and the Yeomen of the Guard know that these men dressed in 5th-century uniforms are calledbeefeaters. Not all tourists are aware, however, that the original use of the term (recorded in '0) was pejorative,referring to a well-fed servant.In a work published before '28 the word was also said to have been used contemptuously by the French for an Englishman or an English soldier.The wordbeefeater has thus risen in the world, for the well-fed, well-muscled beefeaters of today (this use was first recorded in '7) are considered by many to be a national treasure.
到英國(guó)旅游見(jiàn)到過(guò)倫敦塔的皇家侍衛(wèi)都知道這些身著5世紀(jì)制服的人叫倫敦塔衛(wèi)士。 但并不是所有的游客都注意到了，這個(gè)詞最早用作輕蔑語(yǔ)（載于'0年），是指吃得很好的仆人。在'28年前發(fā)表的一篇文章中，這個(gè)詞也被法國(guó)人用來(lái)蔑稱英國(guó)人或英國(guó)士兵。由于今天營(yíng)養(yǎng)充足，肌肉發(fā)達(dá)的皇家侍衛(wèi)（該意最早使用刊載于'7年）被許多人認(rèn)為是英國(guó)的國(guó)寶，倫敦塔衛(wèi)士 一詞于是開(kāi)始廣為流傳