| 单词 | house mover |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse mover house mover n. (a) (chiefly North American) a person who moves houses, usually from one site to another; (also) a machine or device employed in this; (b) a person who moves furniture and other belongings from one residence to another; a furniture remover. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who move furniture house mover1834 remover1861 mover1894 furniture-remover1895 removalist1904 moving man1922 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > transporter > types of tank transporter1922 house mover1959 1834 A. Greaves Æsop Jr. in Amer. lxviii. 169 They saw a party of men who, under the directions of Mr. Safelift, the noted house-mover, were employed..in moving and turning the house. 1885 tr. F. Du Boisgobey Omnibus Myst. in Sensational Novels I. ix. 219 Now take the easel on your back... It will be a nice little surprise..when we make our appearance, looking like house-movers. 1916 B. Tarkington Seventeen v. 25 A set of Louis XVI furniture which some house-movers were unpacking upon the sidewalk. 1959 Times 18 June (Suppl. Queen in Canada) p. vi/3 In all, 525 homes were lifted from their old foundations and, cradled in the steel framework of the housemovers, moved to their new locations. 2009 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 1 b Lifting a home is an option that makes less sense for lower-priced homes..said John Landers Jr., part-owner of Hercules House Movers. Landers is a third-generation house mover. < as lemmas |
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