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
词态变化
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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