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walker

英 ['wɔːkə] 美['wɔkɚ]
  • n. 步行者;散步者;参加竞走者
  • n. (Walker)人名;(德、西、芬、瑞典)瓦尔克;(英)沃克

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复数: walkers;

英文词源


Walker
surname, early 13c., probably an agent noun from walk (v.) in the sense "to full cloth." preserves the cloth-fulling sense (walker with this meaning is attested from c. 1300). "Walker" or "Hookey Walker" was a common slang retort of incredulity in early and mid-19c. London, for which "Various problematic explanations have been offered" [Century Dictionary].
"Is it?" said Scrooge. "Go and buy it."
"Walk-ER!" exclaimed the boy.
"No, no," said Scrooge. "I am in earnest" (etc.)
[Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"]

双语例句


1. Rioch knows the big clubs have been sniffing around Andy Walker.
里奥克知道那些大俱乐部一直在企图挖走安迪·沃克。

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2. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill.
沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。

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3. The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys.
明尼苏达维京人队签下了来自达拉斯牛仔队的赫舍尔·沃克。

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4. He and Walker patched the barn roof.
他和沃克补好了谷仓顶。

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5. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
一位徒步者从一块80英尺高的尖锥形岩石上摔了下来。

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