walker

英 ['wɔːkə] 美['wɔkɚ]

低频词扩展词汇

复数: walkers;

Walker: surname, early 13c., probably an agent noun from walk (v.) in the sense "to full cloth." preserves the cloth-fulling sense (walker with this meaning is attested from c. 1300). "Walker" or "Hookey Walker" was a common slang retort of incredulity in early and mid-19c. London, for which "Various problematic explanations have been offered" [Century Dictionary].
"Is it?" said Scrooge. "Go and buy it."
"Walk-ER!" exclaimed the boy.
"No, no," said Scrooge. "I am in earnest" (etc.)
[Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"]

1. Rioch knows the big clubs have been sniffing around Andy Walker.: 里奥克知道那些大俱乐部一直在企图挖走安迪·沃克。

2. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill.: 沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。

3. The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys.: 明尼苏达维京人队签下了来自达拉斯牛仔队的赫舍尔·沃克。