barker
n. 招徕顾客的人, 剥树皮者 [机] 去皮机, 剥皮机
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1.
Someone or something who barks.
My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.
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2.
A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
Bob had amassed a considerable stockpile of double entendres from his days working as a barker for a strip joint.
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3.
A shelf-talker.
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A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
游戏The barker looks action-packed, but actually playing the game is rather dull.
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A pistol.
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The spotted redshank.
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1.
A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
历史The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably.
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2.
A tanner.
废旧The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname.
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A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.
Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.
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From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) + -er.
来源：wiktionary