| 单词 | water pumper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwater pumper ˈwater pumper n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water water-bearereOE water drawereOE tankard-bearer?1518 water carrier1532 water drawer1574 water-worker1579 water-caster1610 waterman1615 tankard-womana1667 water pumper1708 watering-man1791 water boy1823 pani-wallah1934 1708 E. Hatton New View London II. 633/2 The Water Pumper, Scavenger and Clock-keeper. 1723 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. iii. Eng. Lists xxiii. 628 Tower of London... The Water Pumper. 1827 N. Arnott Elements Physics I. iii. 359 It [sc. the steam engine] is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, [etc.]. 1941 E. Dick Vanguards of Frontier xvi. 388 In the period of greatest danger from Indian attacks the water-pumper traveled on a train, and the train stopped several hours while he pumped the tank full. 2003 S. Erdman Nine Hills to Nambonkaha iii. v. 86 In a sudden transformation, a little girl stops being a dolled-up baby and becomes a baby-sitter, water pumper, dishwasher. < as lemmas |
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