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sundowner

/suhn-dou-ner/US // ˈsʌnˌdaʊ nər //UK // (ˈsʌnˌdaʊnə) //

日光浴,日落,日光浴浴场,日光浴场

Related Words

enforcer执法者,执行者,强制执行者,执法人trainer培训师,培训员,训练员,训练师authoritarian独裁者,独裁,专制,独裁主义bully恶霸,恃强凌弱,欺负人,欺凌stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此master掌握,主人,主,硕士tyrant僭主,霸王,暴君,霸主despot暴君,霸王,霸主,霸王条款teacher老师,教师,师资,师长sergeant中士,中尉,中级formalist形式主义,形式主义者,形式主义者,形式主义的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
    • : Australian. a tramp or hobo, especially one who arrives at a homestead near sundown in order to avoid having to work in exchange for shelter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
enforcer执法者,执行者,强制执行者,执法人authoritarian独裁者,独裁,专制,独裁主义bully恶霸,恃强凌弱,欺负人,欺凌despot暴君,霸王,霸主,霸王条款master掌握,主人,主,硕士sergeant中士,中尉,中级stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此teacher老师,教师,师资,师长trainer培训师,培训员,训练员,训练师tyrant僭主,霸王,暴君,霸主drill sergeant教官,军士长,训练班长,教官长formalist形式主义,形式主义者,形式主义者,形式主义的strict teacher严师,严格的老师,严师出高徒,严格的教师

Examples

  • After the rain ended, we took a bottle of wine to a slab of granite rock just beyond camp for a sundowner.

  • The news of his return spread quickly and several officials dropped in for a "sundowner."

  • He longed each night for the usual "sundowner," but had determined not to open his one remaining bottle, in case of accident.

  • Sundowner: (Historical) A swagman who arrives at a place too late for work, but looking for food and/or shelter.

  • It was no sundowner, not even a man from Boonara, out on the jag, who had wandered in a half-frenzied condition so many miles.

  • An old sundowner, chancing to pass along the road, stopped in the hopes of a yarn.

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