knacker

n. 屠马业者, 收买废屋船业者 v. 杀死, 使筋疲力尽

发音

UK /ˈnakə/
AU
US /ˈnækɚ/

词形变化

knackers 复数 knackers knackered knackering knackers 三单 knackering 现在分词 knackered 过去式 knackered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

    Near-synonym: toymaker

  2. 2.

    One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.

  3. 3.

    A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).

    古体
  4. 4.

    One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.

    Near-synonyms: slaughterer, slaughterman

  5. 5.

    One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.

    Near-synonyms: salvager, salvor; scrapper, wrecker, breaker; shipbreaker, car breaker

  6. 6.

    An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage.

    爱尔兰 冒犯
  7. 7.

    A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.

    爱尔兰 冒犯 俚语
  8. 8.

    A collier's horse.

    英国 方言 废旧
  9. 9.

    A testicle.

    英国 俚语 粗俗
  10. 10.

    An old, worn-out horse.

v.
  1. 1.

    To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.

    英国 俚语 及物

    Carrying that giant statue up those stairs completely knackered me.

    That table that I was going to put the statue on may not suffice, as it's completely knackered.

  2. 2.

    To reprimand.

    英国 俚语 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

butcher wrecker slaughterer

相关短语

Inspector Knacker

词源

From Old Norse hnak (“saddle”) (whence Icelandic hnakkur (“saddle”)).

来源：wiktionary