wrecker
英 ['rekə]
美['rɛkɚ]
释义
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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英英释意
- 1. someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- 2. someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
- 3. a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
实用场景例句
- 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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- 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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