plumber
pronunciation
UK [ˈplʌmə(r)]
US [ˈplʌmər]
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- n.
- 管子工，水暖工
- <美><口>（防止泄密的）堵漏人员
Word Origin
plumber 管道工
来自plumb,铅，-er,人。即与铅打交道的人，因过去自来水管多为铅管，因此引申词义管道 工。
Example
- 1. A plumber or lorry-driver 's job cannot be outsourced to india . A computer programmer 's can .
- 水暖工、大车司机的岗位不能外包给印度，电脑程序的岗位可以。
- 2. You could imagine a plumber named everett putting up a sign advertising " everett for everyone . "
- 你可以想像一个叫everett的水暖工做了一个广告“everett为每个人服务”
- 3. Or , if we 've booked into a villa , quartermaster , sommelier , sous-chef ( my wife does the fancy bits ) and occasional plumber / electrician .
- 或者，如果我们订的是别墅，那么我就要同时当军需官、斟酒侍者、副主厨（我妻子做精致菜肴），偶尔还要当管工或电工。
- 4. Mccain 's team said afterwards the us public will be hearing a lot more about joe the plumber in the remaining days of the campaign .
- 麦凯恩的团队表示，在大选的剩余几天里，美国公众将听到更多水暖工乔的名字。
- 5. When it transpired that joe the plumber had fears about obama 's tax plans , the democrat speculated that was because he was watching mccain 's ads.
- 当得知乔担心他的税收计划时，奥巴马推测那是因为这位水暖工看过麦凯恩的广告。
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