hoser

[人名] 霍泽

发音

UK /ˈhəʊzə(ɹ)/
US /ˈhoʊzɚ/
CA /ˈhoːzəɹ/

词形变化

hosers 复数 hosers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.

  2. 2.

    One that hoses, i.e. hurts (someone) badly.

    俚语
  3. 3.

    A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.

    加拿大 俚语
  4. 4.

    A person who hoses down a lake after a game of hockey, to return it to a smooth state.

    加拿大 俚语
  5. 5.

    A clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.

    加拿大 俚语
  6. 6.

    A Canadian.

    贬义 俚语

词源

From hose + -er. The Canadian senses originally derive from hose (“to siphon gasoline from automobile gas tanks”), in reference to farmers who siphoned gas from farming vehicles; they were later reinforced by use to describe the players on the losing side of a game of shinny or hockey, who were required to hose down the rink to return it to a smooth state, and ultimately popularized in the 1980s by a sketch on the television show Second City Television, in which Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas played Bob and Doug McKenzie, who used the term as an insult for each other.

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