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单词 repairman
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repairmann.

Brit. /rᵻˈpɛːˌman/, U.S. /rəˈpɛrˌmæn/, /riˈpɛrˌmæn/
Inflections: Plural repairmen.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: repair n.2, man n.1
Etymology: < repair n.2 + man n.1
A person (esp. a man) who repairs vehicles, machinery, appliances, etc.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun]
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fixer?1881
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Mr Fixit1924
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1856 N.Y. Herald 13 Sept. 2/3 All in the baggage car were ‘repair men’ or laborers, who were going to their work at the new bridge.
1871 W. S. Huntington Road-master's Assistant ii. 9 It is a common practice for repairmen, when replacing mended iron, to squeeze it in perfectly tight.
1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Feb. 140/1 If your car suffers from any of these common motor ills, take it to your car dealer or repairman.
1958 Times 13 Sept. 7/7 Such dilemmas as that of the Los Angeles couple whose T.V. stops one night and the husband must go out and find the repairman.
2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Apr. (Central ed.) a19/1 In the 1940s, visionary Robert Heinlein anticipated that his TV repairman..could be the grandson of a fieldhand liberated by the cotton gin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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