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undertaker

英 ['ʌndəteɪkə] 美 ['ʌndɚtekɚ]

解释

n. 承担者；承办人；殡仪业者

※ 提供单词"undertaker"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

undertaker (n.): c. 1400, "a contractor or projecter of any sort," agent noun from undertake (v.). The specialized sense (1690s) emerged from funeral-undertaker.

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例句和用法

1. The word "undertaker" had long been in common usage.: undertaker一词早已广泛使用。

2. Oliver had been sojourning at the undertaker's some three weeks or a month.: 奥利弗在殡葬承办人那里住了有个把月.

3. The Don, still sitting at Hagen's desk, inclined his body toward undertaker.: 堂, 仍坐在哈根的桌子那儿, 把他的身体倾向殡葬者.

4. If any one superstar symbolizes WWE, it's the Undertaker.: 如果你想找出一个能代表WWE的选手, 就找送葬者吧!

5. Politeness looks well in every man, except an undertaker.: 殷勤有礼,会使任何人的外表好看, 惟有包办殡仪者除外.