gaffer

• n. 领班；乡下老头；老人

来自godfather的口语。

gaffer (n.)

1580s, "elderly rustic," apparently (based on continental analogies) a contraction of godfather (compare gammer). Originally a term of respect, also applied familiarly; from "old man" it was extended by 1841 to foremen and supervisors, which sense carried over in early 20c. to "electrician in charge of lighting on a film set."

1. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.

工头说他因为没有按时履行合同而被罚款。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I don't know what the gaffer will do if I'm late.

如果我迟到了,不知道教练会怎么样.

来自电影对白

3. Nobody out there but some old gaffer with a cane.

外面没别的人,就只有一个拄着拐棍的乡下老头.

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4. Gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson also recently refused to criticise Rooney.

老爷子也拒绝批评鲁尼.

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5. That ( old ) gaffer going into the pub is 90 years old.

走进酒店的那个老头子已经90岁了.

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