解释
- n. 酒保
※ 提供单词"tapster"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。
英文词源
- tapster (n.)
- "person employed to tap liquors," Old English tæppestre "female tavern-keeper, hostess at an inn, woman employed to tap liquors," fem of tæppere, from tæppa "tap" (see tap (n.1)) + fem. ending -ster. The distinction of gender in the word was lost by 15c., and by 1630s re-feminized tapstress is attested.