gaffer是什么意思
中文词源
gaffer 领班，工头
来自godfather的口语。
英文词源
- gaffer (n.)
- 1580s, "elderly rustic," apparently (based on continental analogies) a contraction of godfather (compare gammer). Originally a term of respect, also applied familiarly; from "old man" it was extended by 1841 to foremen and supervisors, which sense carried over in early 20c. to "electrician in charge of lighting on a film set."
实用例句
- 1. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.
- 工头说他因为没有按时履行合同而被罚款。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't know what the gaffer will do if I'm late.
- 如果我迟到了,不知道教练会怎么样.来自电影对白
- 3. Nobody out there but some old gaffer with a cane.
- 外面没别的人,就只有一个拄着拐棍的乡下老头.来自互联网
- 4. Gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson also recently refused to criticise Rooney.
- 老爷子也拒绝批评鲁尼.来自互联网
- 5. That ( old ) gaffer going into the pub is 90 years old.
- 走进酒店的那个老头子已经90岁了.来自互联网
