janitor
英 ['d??n?t?]
美['d??n?t?]
- n. 看门人；守卫；门警
TEM4IELTS畅通词汇
词态变化
复数:?janitors;
助记提示
1. janus, Janus => janitor.
中文词源
janitor 看门人
来自拉丁语ianitor,看门人，词源同January.
英文词源
- janitor (n.)
- 1580s, "an usher in a school," later "doorkeeper" (1620s), from Latin ianitor "doorkeeper, porter," from ianua "door, entrance, gate," from ianus "arched passageway, arcade" (see Janus) + agent suffix -tor. Meaning "caretaker of a building" first recorded 1708.
双语例句
- 1. The janitor comes round to turn the lights out.
- 看门人巡视一圈，把灯熄灭。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The janitor let off some steam because the pressure was too high.
- 锅炉工把蒸汽放走了一点,因为压力过高.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.
- 我会一直玩到门房过来熄灯。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. That janitor is a snail who never gets things done.
- 那个照管房屋的人动作慢吞吞的,什么事也做不成.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Art recruited a janitor, we're paying him to keep watch.
- 阿特买通了看门人, 我们出钱让他放哨.
来自辞典例句