gaffer
英 ['gæfə]
- n. 领班；乡下老头；老人
词态变化
复数: gaffers;
中文词源
gaffer 领班，工头
来自godfather的口语。
英英释意
- 1. an elderly man
- 2. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
- 3. a person who exercises control over workers;
- "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
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."
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
电影对白
- Gaffer was no neophyte and had no fancies.
- 老头儿不是新手,他不会胡思乱想.
期刊摘选
- Gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson also recently refused to criticise Rooney.
- 老爷子也拒绝批评鲁尼.
期刊摘选
- Maybe the current England gaffer was afraid that Mr. Beckham was a bigger name then his?
- 也许现在的英格兰领班在担心贝克汉姆的影响力比自己还大?
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- To be truthful we got a bit of telling off from the gaffer at half time.
- 他说“(凯文)戴维斯在前方制造着麻烦,说实话我们半场休息时都没谱了.
期刊摘选
- Richard: And don't forget that I taught you what the Gaffer, Best Boy and Grip do.
- 理查德: 也不要忘了我教过你灯光师、灯光助理和道具员的工作是什么.
期刊摘选
- 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。
柯林斯例句