knacker

英 ['nækə] 美 ['nækɚ]
  • n. 屠马业者;收买废屋船业者
  • vt. 阉割;杀死

中文词源


knacker 老马,使筋疲力尽,杀死

可能来自古诺斯语hnakkur,马鞍,hnakki,马背,词源同neck.后引申词义老马,像老马一样筋疲力尽。词义杀死可能来自knack,击,打,砍杀。

英文词源


knacker (v.)
usually in past tense, knackered, "to kill, castrate" (1855), but most often used in weakened sense of "to tire out" (1883); apparently from knacker (n.) "worn-out or useless horse," 1812, of unknown origin; possibly from a dialectal survival of a Scandinavian word represented by Old Norse hnakkur "saddle," hnakki "back of the neck," and thus possibly related to neck (n.).

双语例句


1. Her horse was a show jumper whom the family rescued from the knacker's yard.
她的马擅长跨越障碍,是家人从废马屠宰场挽救回来的。

来自柯林斯例句

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