hostler
n. 马夫,<美>车辆维修工
发音
UK
/ˈ(h)ɒs.lə/
US
/ˈ(h)ɑs.lɚ/
US
词形变化
hostlers
复数
hostlers
别名
ostler
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
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2.
A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine; especially, a yard jockey.
美国 引申义
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English hostiler, from Middle French hostiler, from Old French hostelier, from Medieval Latin hostilārius, hospitālārius, from hospitāle "inn", from hospitālis "hospitable", from hospes "host, guest". Both hostler and its alternative form ostler originally meant simply "innkeeper", and acquired a specific association with horses in the second half of the 14th century. Doublet of hosteler and hotelier.
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