derrick
英 ['der?k]
美['d?r?k]
- n. 起重机，[机] 转臂起重机；油井的铁架塔
- n. (Derrick)人名；(英、法、瑞典)德里克
TEM8畅通词汇
词态变化
复数:?derricks;
助记提示
1. 人名“德里克”转义而来。
中文词源
derrick 转臂超重机，钻塔
来自17世纪初期伦敦泰伯恩刑场执行绞刑的刽子手姓氏Derrick，后通用化作为绞刑架的代称，现词义转臂起重机因形似绞刑架而得名。比较guillotine.
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. Don't stay under the arm of a derrick!
- 不要在起重机的吊臂下!
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Magnus Derrick had formally and definitely refused his adherence to the scheme.
- 曼克奈斯·台力克正式干脆表示,不愿跟这活动有什么关系.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Derrick and I have been laying out the system of irrigating ditches.
- 德里克跟我在一起修建那个灌溉网.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Unlike Harran Derrick, he seemed more of a character than a type.
- 他跟哈伦·台力克不一样,与其说他是个典型,还不如说他是个很特殊的人.
来自辞典例句
- 5. It might be as well to consult Magnus and Mrs. Derrick.
- 还是找曼克奈斯和台力克太太去商量吧.
来自辞典例句