Plumber
['plʌmə] or ['plʌmɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances.
厄玛编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.
胡安编辑
解释:
n. one who works in lead esp. one who fits into buildings the tanks pipes and fittings for conveying water gas and sewage.—ns. Plumb′er-block a metal frame or case for holding the end of a revolving shaft: a pillow-block; Plumb′ery articles of lead: the business of a plumber: a place for plumbing.
阿斯特编辑
娱乐性解释：
One who ascertains the capacity of your purse, soaks you with a piece of lead and gets away with the money—a process vulgarly known as 'a lead-pipe cinch.'
伊莱录入
例句:
- I am a plumber with a rising business, Escott, by name. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- You knew that this man Horner, the plumber, had been concerned in some such matter before, and that suspicion would rest the more readily upon him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- It is an ordinary plumber's smoke-rocket, fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- John Horner, 26, plumber, was brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- John Horner, a plumber, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady's jewel-case. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Presently he stopped and picked out a square piece of board, such as is usually left to enable plumbers to get at the joints of the gas-pipes. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
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