单词 | firewarden |
释义 | firewarden in British English (ˈfaɪəˌwɔːdən) noun US and Canadian an officer responsible for fire prevention and control in an area, esp in a forest firewarden in American English (ˈfaiᵊrˌwɔrdn) noun a person having authority in the prevention or extinguishing of fires, as in towns or camps Word origin [1705–15; fire + warden]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: focal point, inertia, jackknife, shellac, splash |
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