knacker
发音
英 [ˈnækə(r)]
美 [ˈnækɚ]
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- n.
- 屠马业者，收买废屋船业者
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- v.
- 杀死，使筋疲力尽
单词词源
knacker 老马，使筋疲力尽，杀死
可能来自古诺斯语hnakkur,马鞍，hnakki,马背，词源同neck.后引申词义老马，像老马一样筋疲力尽。词义杀死可能来自knack,击，打，砍杀。
双语例句
- 1. It would be turned over to cash-starved states , the fiscal equivalent of being sent to the knacker for execution .
- 它将被交到资金紧张的各州手中，这在财政上等于被判了死刑。
- 2. An early morning ride might knacker you out in the short term , but it 'll help you catch some quality shut-eye when you get back to your pillow .
- 起早骑车出发，在开始的短期内会令你觉得睡少了，但实际上你闭上眼睛睡觉时，睡眠的质量更高了。
- 3. When it was discovered that the knacker and tanner would give only a very few shillings for prince 's carcase because of his decrepitude , durbeyfield rose to the occasion .
- 德北菲尔德发现，由于王子衰老枯瘦，屠户和皮匠只愿出几个先令买下它的尸体，他就站起来处理这件事。
- 4. Fans of the g20 like the idea that it is not the tired old g8 , which they see as made up mainly of clapped-out european countries bound for the knacker 's yard of history .
- 20国集团的拥趸们喜爱这种构想20国集团不同于老掉牙的八国集团（g8），他们认为后者主要由必将退出历史舞台的、腐朽的欧洲国家组成。