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gaffer

英 ['gæfə]

解释

n. 领班；乡下老头；老人

※ 提供单词"gaffer"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

gaffer 领班，工头

来自godfather的口语。

英文词源

gaffer (n.): 1580s, "elderly rustic," apparently (based on continental analogies) a contraction of godfather (compare gammer). Originally a term of respect, also applied familiarly; from "old man" it was extended by 1841 to foremen and supervisors, which sense carried over in early 20c. to "electrician in charge of lighting on a film set."

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例句和用法

1. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.: 工头说他因为没有按时履行合同而被罚款。

2. I don't know what the gaffer will do if I'm late.: 如果我迟到了,不知道教练会怎么样.

3. Nobody out there but some old gaffer with a cane.: 外面没别的人,就只有一个拄着拐棍的乡下老头.

4. Gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson also recently refused to criticise Rooney.: 老爷子也拒绝批评鲁尼.

5. That ( old ) gaffer going into the pub is 90 years old.: 走进酒店的那个老头子已经90岁了.