lamplighter

n.  点灯用具;点燃街灯的灯夫

BNC.47280 / COCA.41469



双语例句

  1. Small tradesmen, who did no business whatever, sometimes unaccountably realised large fortunes, and it was remarkable that nobody in the neighbourhood could endure a lamplighter.
    这有时叫某些并不做生意的小贩莫名其妙地发了财,可奇怪的是,这附近却没有人乐意承担一个点灯夫的费用。
  2. On his all-alone journey, the little prince meets different kinds of people, which includes a king, a conceited man, a tippler, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer.
    在他孤身之旅中,小王子会见了各种层次的人,包括一位国王、一个自负的人、一个酒鬼、一个商人、一点燃街灯的灯夫和一名地理学者。
  3. That doesn't do me much good," said the lamplighter. "the one thing I love in life is to sleep.
    “这办法帮不了我多打忙,生活中我喜欢的就是睡觉。”点灯人说。
  4. When the lamplighter knocked against them, or the wind blew through the cathedral, they would swing back and forth like pendulums.
    他看到当点灯者撞到他们或者风吹过教堂的时候,这些灯就会像钟摆一样来回摆荡。
  5. And now came the lamplighter.
    这时候点街灯的灯夫出现了。

英英释义

noun

  1. (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights