undertaker
英 ['?nd?te?k?]
美 ['?nd?tek?]
助記提示
1、under + take.
2、身在其中擔任、掌握(take, hold)什么；當然，只有身在其中才能去擔任、掌管什么東西了。
3、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另見：understand.
4、undertake => undertaker.
5、The specialized sense emerged from funeral-undertaker.
英文詞源
- undertaker (n.)
- c. 1400, "a contractor or projecter of any sort," agent noun from undertake (v.). The specialized sense (1690s) emerged from funeral-undertaker.
雙語例句
- 1. The word "undertaker" had long been in common usage.
- undertaker一詞早已廣泛使用。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Oliver had been sojourning at the undertaker's some three weeks or a month.
- 奧利弗在殯葬承辦人那里住了有個把月.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The Don, still sitting at Hagen's desk, inclined his body toward undertaker.
- 堂, 仍坐在哈根的桌子那兒, 把他的身體傾向殯葬者.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. If any one superstar symbolizes WWE, it's the Undertaker.
- 如果你想找出一個能代表WWE的選手, 就找送葬者吧!
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Politeness looks well in every man, except an undertaker.
- 殷勤有禮,會使任何人的外表好看, 惟有包辦殯儀者除外.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)