handlanger

发音

UK /ˈhændˌlæŋə/
其它

词形变化

handlangers 复数 handlangers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unskilled assistant to an artisan.

    南非
  2. 2.

    An aide, an assistant.

    南非 比喻
  3. 3.

    Alternative letter-case form of Handlanger.

词源

Borrowed from Afrikaans handlanger (“assistant, helper”), from Dutch handlanger (“accomplice, henchman; assistant, helper”), analyzable as hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over or pass to”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix) (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands), from German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”), from Hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over, to give; to reach for something”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix).

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