hawker
pronunciation
UK [ˈhɔ:kə(r)]
US [ˈhɔkɚ]
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- n.
- 沿街叫卖者
- 驯鹰者
Word Origin
hawker 小贩
来自低地德语hoken,扛在肩上叫卖,走街串巷,来自Proto-Germanic*huk,叫卖,词源同huckster.
Example
- 1. The hawker 's life is a tough one , always a fight against weather , traffic and crime .
- 小贩们的生活是艰苦的,他们需要不时与天气、交通、犯罪作斗争。
- 2. On the street outside , a hawker selling toy rattles says he has no idea what the building is .
- 在外面的街上,一名贩卖拨浪鼓的小贩表示不知道这是什么楼。
- 3. The island is a melting pot of muslims , buddhists , hindus and other asian cultures that are expressed deliciously in the foods sold at the open-air hawker centres .
- 该岛是一个穆斯林的大熔炉,佛教徒,印度教徒和其他,表示在露天的小贩中心出售的食品美味可口的亚洲文化。
- 4. He says he is passionate about philanthropy because of his own poor upbringing , starting out as a street hawker in hong kong .
- 他说他很热心慈善,因为他自己出身贫寒,在香港做街头小贩白手起家。
- 5. Rumours that " chengguan " had beaten a street hawker to death and manhandled his pregnant wife in the southern province of guangdong sparked violent rioting last month .
- 有传言说,“城管”将小贩殴打致死并粗暴对待其怀孕的妻子,由此引发了上个月在南方省市广东的一次骚乱。
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