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wrecker

英 ['rekə] 美['rɛkɚ]
  • n. 使船失事的人,肇事者;失事现场清理人;打捞船

词态变化


复数: wreckers;

英文词源


wrecker (n.)
1804, in reference to those who salvage cargos from wrecked ships, from wreck (n.). In Britain often with a overtones of "one who causes a shipwreck in order to plunder it" (1820); but in 19c. Bahamas and the Florida Keys it could be a legal occupation. Applied to those who wreck and plunder institutions from 1882. Meaning "demolition worker" attested by 1958. As a type of ship employed in salvage operations, from 1789. As a railway vehicle with a crane or hoist, from 1904.

双语例句


1. The wrecker moved the wrecked cars to a safe place.
清障车将马路上停放的病车拖到了安全地点.

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2. If you date him, you will be a home wrecker.
你要是和他约会, 就会成别人家庭的破坏者.

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