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tentmaker

/tent-mey-ker/US // ˈtɛntˌmeɪ kər //

佃农,佃户,丈人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who makes tents.

Examples

  • And then he was a tentmaker who understood Greek and who could speak to the Greeks in their own language.

  • He persecutes the Christians with great vigor, a sport which he combines with the business of a tentmaker.

  • Ralph cast a look at Marry, unnoticed by any one else, as much as to say, "The old tentmaker voiced my sentiments."

  • Then he went to Corinth, where he stayed for some time preaching and working at his trade of tentmaker.

  • How untrue, after all, was the nebulous philosophy of Omar, the Tentmaker.