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plumber
英 ['plʌmə]美 ['plʌmɚ]
n. 水管工；堵漏人員
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中文詞源
plumber 管道工
來自plumb,鉛，-er,人。即與鉛打交道的人，因過去自來水管多爲鉛管，因此引申詞義管道 工。
英語詞源
plumber (n.)
late 14c. (from c. 1100 as a surname), "a worker in any sort of lead" (roofs, gutters, pipes), from Old French plomier
"lead-smelter" (Modern French plombier) and directly from Latin plumbarius "worker in lead," noun use of adjective meaning "pertaining to lead," from plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Meaning focused 19c. on "workman who installs pipes and fittings" as lead water pipes became the principal concern of the trade. In U.S. Nixon administration (1969-74), the name of a special unit for investigation of "leaks" of government secrets.權威例句
1. When the pipe leaked, we sent for a plumber.
煤氣或水管漏了的時候, 我們就派人去找一位管子工.
2. A plumber's coming in to look at the boiler.
有位水暖工要來看看熱水器.
3. The plumber's helper passes him tools.
水暖工的助手把工具遞給他.
4. He must be a good plumber, or else he wouldn't be so busy.
他肯定是個不錯的管子工，要不然他不會那麼忙。
5. Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?
你叫管道工來檢查漏水的管子了 嗎 ?
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