derrick
英['der?k]
美['d?r?k]
- n. 起重機，[機] 轉臂起重機；油井的鐵架塔
- n. (Derrick)人名；(英、法、瑞典)德里克
詞態變化
復數:?derricks;
助記提示
1. 人名“德里克”轉義而來。
中文詞源
derrick 轉臂超重機，鉆塔
來自17世紀初期倫敦泰伯恩刑場執行絞刑的劊子手姓氏Derrick，后通用化作為絞刑架的代稱，現詞義轉臂起重機因形似絞刑架而得名。比較guillotine.
英文詞源
- derrick
- derrick: [16] Around the end of the 16th century there was a famous Tyburn hangman called Derick. His name came to be used as a personification of hangmen in general, and subsequently as a metaphor for the ‘gallows’. Gradually, however, these macabre associations were lost, and by the 18th century derrick had progressed in meaning to ‘hoisting apparatus’.
- derrick (n.)
- c. 1600, originally "hangman," then "a gallows," then "hoist, crane" (1727), from surname of a hangman at Tyburn gallows, London, c. 1606-1608, often referred to in contemporary theater. The name represents a late borrowing from the Low Countries (compare Dutch Diederik) of Old High German Theodric (see Dietrich).
雙語例句
- 1. Don't stay under the arm of a derrick!
- 不要在起重機的吊臂下!
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Magnus Derrick had formally and definitely refused his adherence to the scheme.
- 曼克奈斯·臺力克正式干脆表示,不愿跟這活動有什么關系.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Derrick and I have been laying out the system of irrigating ditches.
- 德里克跟我在一起修建那個灌溉網.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Unlike Harran Derrick, he seemed more of a character than a type.
- 他跟哈倫·臺力克不一樣,與其說他是個典型,還不如說他是個很特殊的人.
來自辭典例句
- 5. It might be as well to consult Magnus and Mrs. Derrick.
- 還是找曼克奈斯和臺力克太太去商量吧.
來自辭典例句