“dustman”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dustman

释义

dustman|ˈdʌstmən|
[f. as prec. + man.]
1. A man whose occupation it is to collect and cart away dust and refuse from dust-bins, etc.
1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 399 The Dust-men were not idle.1714Gay Trivia ii. 37 The dustman's cart offends thy cloaths and eyes.1850Mrs. Browning Poems II. 191 The dustman's call down the area-grate.
2. colloq. A personification of sleep or sleepiness; in allusion to the rubbing of the eyes as if there were dust in them.
1821P. Egan Tom & Jerry 111 (Farmer) Till the dustman made his appearance and gave the hint to Tom and Jerry that it was time to visit their beds.1891Farmer Slang s.v., ‘The dustman's coming’ = you are getting sleepy.
3. slang. A preacher who uses violent action; a ‘cushion-thumper’.
1877Blackmore Cripps (1887) 368 Sitting under the most furious dustman that ever thumped a cushion.

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