lamplighter

n. (点燃街灯的)灯夫, 点灯器

发音

UK /ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/

词形变化

lamplighters 复数 lamplighters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.

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  2. 2.

    Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end.

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  3. 3.

    A kind of tall bicycle.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

worker

相关短语

lamplighter group lamplighter groups

词源

From lamp + lighter.

来源：wiktionary