mister

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先生

发音

UK /ˈmɪstə/
US /ˈmɪstəɹ/
US /ˈmɪstɚ/

词形变化

misters 复数 misters 三单 mistering 现在分词 mistered 过去式 mistered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.

    You may sit here, mister.

    You keep away from my wife, mister.

    Fine day to see sights, gentlemen. Well, misters, here's the railing round the ground, and there's the paling round the tomb, eight feet deep, six feet long, and three feet wide.

  2. 2.

    A man.

    先生

    There are too many misters and not enough sisters up in this club tonight, for my taste.

  3. 1.

    Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.

    废旧
  4. 2.

    A kind, type of.

    古体 方言
  5. 3.

    Need (of something).

    废旧
  6. 4.

    Necessity; the necessary time.

    废旧
  7. 1.

    A device that makes or sprays mist.

    Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.

v.
  1. 1.

    To address by the title of "mister".

    及物/不及物

    1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist “Hush! hush! Mr. Sikes,” said the Jew, trembling; “don’t speak so loud!” “None of your mistering,” replied the ruffian; “you always mean mischief when you come that. You know my name: out with it! I shan’t disgrace it when the time comes.”

  2. 1.

    To be necessary; to matter.

    废旧

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词源

Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.

来源:wiktionary