yardman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A worker in any of several types of yard, as:; A worker in a railyard.
  2. A worker in any of several types of yard, as:; A farm worker assigned to the farmyard of a large farm, working at hostler duties (harnessing and hitching teams), loading and unloading wagons, feeding, and so on. UK,historical
    — I asked the grizzled rustic who appeared to be in sole occupation of the farm buildings, and who was, in fact, the yardman, if he knew whereabouts I should find the [hunting] party. He said something I did not understand, but I followed his pointing arm. […] The yardman, with his lantern, was helping to back ponies into traps. Motor-engines murmured. […]
  3. A worker in any of several types of yard, as:; A laborer hired to do outdoor work. Canada,US

词形变化

yardmen plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos
Proto-Germanic *gardaz
Proto-West Germanic *gard
Old English ġeard
Middle English yerd
English yard
English -man
English yardman
From yard + -man.
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