contractor

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
    — Two days later, walking beyond the usual limit of the conventional promenade, Carrados reached a rough wooden hut such as contractors erect during the progress of their work.
  2. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
  3. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
  4. A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
    — It looks like you're off to a three-hour staff meeting that doesn't apply to me. I'm glad I'm a highly-paid contractor. I'll be increasing my skills while you fight to get oxygen to your brains.

词形变化

contractors plural

词汇关系

衍生词
contractor combatant contractorization dust contractor general contractor independent contractor main contractor noncontractor prime contractor private military contractor subcontractor
相关词
contract

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor. First attested in the 16th century.
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