单词 | after-rider |
释义 | > as lemmasafter-rider after-rider n. Brit. , U.S. , South African English [after South African Dutch achterrijder agterryer n.] South African (now historical and rare) a mounted groom or other attendant.ΚΠ 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 132 Two boors on horseback, attended by two Hottentot achter-ryders, or according to colonial pronunciation, achter-ryers, (after-riders,) passing by, halted for about ten minutes. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. v. 105 A horseman..accompanied by an after-rider leading a spare horse. 1907 W. C. Scully By Veldt & Kopje 27 An alert-looking Hottentot was assigned to me as an after-rider and guide. 1944 J. Mockford Here are S. Africans 72 The guns were piled up in charge of the coloured after-riders at the two milk trees at the Boer encampment. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。