英语词汇“clerkish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

clerk /klärk or (N American) klûrk/

noun

A person employed to deal with correspondence, accounts, records, etc in an office

A record-keeper or account-keeper, esp for a law court or legislative body

A senior official in the House of Commons

A shop-assistant (N American)

A hotel receptionist (N American)

A lay minister (C of E)

A clergyman or priest

A scholar (archaic)

intransitive verb

To act as clerk

ORIGIN: OE clerc a priest, from LL clēricus; see clergy

clerkˈdom noun

clerkˈess noun

A female clerk

clerkˈish adjective

Like a clerk

clerkˈlike adjective

Scholarly

clerkˈling noun

A young clerk

clerkˈly adjective (obsolete)

Scholarly

adverb

In a scholarly or learned manner

clerkˈship noun

clerk of the course

(in horse- or motor-racing) an official in charge of administration

clerk of the weather

An imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to govern the weather

clerk of works or clerk of the works

A person who superintends building work or the maintenance of a building, etc

Lord Clerk-Register see under register

St Nicholas's clerks (archaic)

Thieves

town clerk see under town