undertaker

英 ['ʌndəteɪkə] 美 ['ʌndɚtekɚ]
  • n. 承担者;承办人;殡仪业者

助记提示


1、under + take.
2、身在其中担任、掌握(take, hold)什么;当然,只有身在其中才能去担任、掌管什么东西了。
3、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另见:understand.
4、undertake => undertaker.
5、The specialized sense emerged from funeral-undertaker.

英文词源


undertaker (n.)
c. 1400, "a contractor or projecter of any sort," agent noun from undertake (v.). The specialized sense (1690s) emerged from funeral-undertaker.

双语例句


1. The word "undertaker" had long been in common usage.
undertaker一词早已广泛使用。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Oliver had been sojourning at the undertaker's some three weeks or a month.
奥利弗在殡葬承办人那里住了有个把月.

来自辞典例句

3. The Don, still sitting at Hagen's desk, inclined his body toward undertaker.
堂, 仍坐在哈根的桌子那儿, 把他的身体倾向殡葬者.

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4. If any one superstar symbolizes WWE, it's the Undertaker.
如果你想找出一个能代表WWE的选手, 就找送葬者吧!

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5. Politeness looks well in every man, except an undertaker.
殷勤有礼,会使任何人的外表好看, 惟有包办殡仪者除外.

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