walker
英 ['wɔːkə]
美 ['wɔkɚ]
- n. 步行者；散步者；參加競走者
- n. (Walker)人名；(德、西、芬、瑞典)瓦爾克；(英)沃克
英文詞源
- 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"]
雙語例句
- 1. Rioch knows the big clubs have been sniffing around Andy Walker.
- 裏奧克知道那些大俱樂部一直在企圖挖走安迪·沃克。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill.
- 沃克不得不把這個壞消息告訴希爾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys.
- 明尼蘇達維京人隊簽下了來自達拉斯牛仔隊的赫舍爾·沃克。
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- 4. He and Walker patched the barn roof.
- 他和沃克補好了穀倉頂。
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- 5. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
- 一位徒步者從一塊80英尺高的尖錐形岩石上摔了下來。
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