资料来源 : pyDict
家眷,侍从,食客
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dependant \De*pend"ant\, Dependance \De*pend"ance\, n.,
Dependancy \De*pend"an*cy\, n.
See {Dependent}, {Dependence}, {Dependency}.
Note: The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from
the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the
Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form
dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing
it from the adjective, usually written dependent.
资料来源 : WordNet®
dependant
adj 1: contingent on something else [syn: {dependent}, {qualified}]
2: addicted to a drug [syn: {dependent}, {drug-addicted}, {hooked},
{strung-out}]
n : a person who relies on another person for support
(especially financial support) [syn: {dependent}]