tucker

FREQ #5860

n. 打横褶的人, 打褶装置 vt. 使疲倦, 使筋疲力尽

发音

UK /ˈtʌkə/
AU
UK /ˈtʰʌkə/
US /ˈtʌkɚ/
US /ˈtʰʌkɚ/

词形变化

tuckers 复数 tuckered tuckering tuckers 三单 tuckers tuckering 现在分词 tuckered 过去式 tuckered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who or that which tucks.

    可数 不可数

    Discrimination. Firm, after having had a long controversy with its tuckers, laid off the whole tucking department for a week. Union maintained it was a clear case cf discrimination against the tuckers on account of the recent controversy. Determination: Complaint of the union was sustained. Tuckers were paid the amount of money they were deprived of through being discriminated against, $158.90.

  2. 2.

    Work that scarcely yields a living wage.

    可数 过时 俚语 不可数
  3. 3.

    Food; tuck.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 非正式 不可数 可数
  4. 1.

    Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.

    可数
  5. 2.

    A fuller; one who fulls cloth.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.

    俚语

    Man, I’m so tuckered from my run today.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From tuck + -er.

来源:wiktionary