| 单词 | station agent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstation agent station agent n. (a) chiefly U.S. a person in charge of a railway or (formerly) stagecoach station; (b) a person who works for (a particular branch of) an intelligence service (cf. sense 5i). ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > in charge of station stationmaster1836 station agent1840 station-mistress1863 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > specific stagecoach employees stage-coachman1756 guard1788 mayoral1834 station agent1840 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service agent secret agenta1715 operative1901 operator1966 station agent1974 1840 P. P. F. Degrand Addr. Advantages Low Fares 11 He promptly presents his ticket to the station agent. 1879 E. J. Simmons Mem. Station Master (1974) ix. 131 The Long and Narrow Railway paid their station-agent better than the Great Smash Company. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xv. 203 He stopped at the stage station... The station agent looked to see what the man had written. 1974 J. Grady Six Days of Condor 109 Who do you suppose was station agent out of Taiwan? 2003 R. Milne & M. Backhausen Opportunities in Trav. Careers iii. 63 Station agents usually are promoted from the ranks of railroad clerks, telegraphers, telephoners, and tower operators. 2010 M. Mayben Avenging Storm 72 Morrissey was a station agent assigned to Berlin. < as lemmas |
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