Walker
['wɔːkə] or ['wɔkɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk.
(noun.) a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk.
(noun.) a shoe designed for comfortable walking.
(noun.) United States writer (born in 1944).
(noun.) New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952).
編輯:桑德拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who walks; a pedestrian.
(n.) That with which one walks; a foot.
(n.) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
(v. t.) A fuller of cloth.
(v. t.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added: She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Mrs. Walker went out and came back with a pajama jacket. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Draper, of the University of New York, and the Eastman Walker Company, of Rochester, were the chief promoters of dry plate photography. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Trenor's eye had the haggard look of the sleep-walker waked on a deathly ledge. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Walker, whom he married a few years later. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I never was much of a walker, or rider either. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is too much, Mr. Walker; I cannot bear it, indeed I cannot. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I, Mr. Walker! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Oh, Mr. Walker, this is too much. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Faraday, to whom also was given Promethean inspiration, procured some of Walker's matches and brought them to public notice. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- I might have some hope of preventing the elopement; but there's the same difficulty, Mr. Walker, just the same. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- A fast walker could go outside the walls of Jerusalem and walk entirely around the city in an hour. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It was not until 1827-29 that John Walker, chemist, at Stockton-upon-Tees, improved upon the idea of Prometheus and Hanckwitz of giving fire to men in a hollow tube. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- About 1818 Joseph Walker of Hopkinston, Massachusetts invented the wooden peg. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Walker, that young Edison could fill the position. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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