walker

英 ['w??k?] 美['w?k?]

低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?walkers;

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"]

1. Rioch knows the big clubs have been sniffing around Andy Walker.: 里奧克知道那些大俱樂(lè)部一直在企圖挖走安迪·沃克。

2. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill.: 沃克不得不把這個(gè)壞消息告訴希爾。

3. The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys.: 明尼蘇達(dá)維京人隊(duì)簽下了來(lái)自達(dá)拉斯牛仔隊(duì)的赫舍爾·沃克。

5. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.: 一位徒步者從一塊80英尺高的尖錐形巖石上摔了下來(lái)。