canvasser
['k?nv?s?]
助記提示
1. from alternative spelling of canvas (n.) and probably meaning, originally, "to toss or sift in a canvas sheet," hence "to shake out, examine carefully" (1520s); "to solicit votes" (1550s).
2. canvas => canvass => canvasser.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house -- a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day " drummers.
- ”這人是為生產(chǎn)廠家 推銷(xiāo) 產(chǎn)品的旅行推銷(xiāo)員,當(dāng)時(shí)剛剛流行把這類(lèi)人稱(chēng)作“皮包客. ”
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. It'seems the canvasser was once a general.
- 那位推銷(xiāo)員好像原來(lái)是一位將軍.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)