Barker
['bɑːkə] or ['bɑrkɚ]
解释:
(noun.) someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers.
克里斯整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.
(n.) One who stands at the doors of shops to urg/ passers by to make purchases.
(n.) A pistol.
(n.) The spotted redshank.
(n.) One who strips trees of their bark.
校对:伍德罗
例句:
- Barker, of Philadelphia, a big, good-natured philosopher, whose valuable advice Edison esteemed highly. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Barker cabled as follows from Paris, announcing the decision of the expert jury which passed upon the exhibits: Accept my congratulations. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- You hag, you cat, you dog, you brimstone barker! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Barker, and a third by Simon Lake. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- But it's not Phil Barker's time,' said the Jew, looking up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Barker, January 6, 1836, but it remained for the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century to give the band saw its prominence in woodworking machines. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- I've got Phil Barker here: so drunk, that a boy might take him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- In the _Electrical Review_ he said, In 1878 I went down to see Professor Barker, at Philadelphia, and he showed me an arc lamp--the first I had seen. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I see Mrs. Barker doing up the lunch in a hamper and a great basket. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- In what is called Barker's mill, brought out in the 18th century, substantially the same form of engine is seen with water substituted for the steam. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Barkers for me, Barney,' said Toby Crackit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
手打:默文