
plumber基本信息
读法:英 ["plʌmə] 美 ["plʌmɚ]
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英英释义
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中英词源
plumber 管道工
来自plumb,铅,-er,人。即与铅打交道的人,因过去自来水管多为铅管,因此引申词义管道 工。
- plumber (n.)
- late 14c. (from c. 1100 as a surname), "a worker in any sort of lead" (roofs, gutters, pipes), from Old French plomier "lead-smelter" (Modern French plombier) and directly from Latin plumbarius "worker in lead," noun use of adjective meaning "pertaining to lead," from plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Meaning focused 19c. on "workman who installs pipes and fittings" as lead water pipes became the principal concern of the trade. In U.S. Nixon administration (1969-74), the name of a special unit for investigation of "leaks" of government secrets.
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权威造句
- 1. When the pipe leaked, we sent for a plumber.
- 煤气或水管漏了的时候, 我们就派人去找一位管子工.
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- 2. A plumber"s coming in to look at the boiler.
- 有位水暖工要来看看热水器.
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- 3. The plumber"s helper passes him tools.
- 水暖工的助手把工具递给他.
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- 4. He must be a good plumber, or else he wouldn"t be so busy.
- 他肯定是个不错的管子工,要不然他不会那么忙。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?
- 你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了 吗 ?
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