undertaker
/uhn-der-tey-ker for 1; uhn-der-tey-ker for 2/US // ˈʌn dərˌteɪ kər for 1; ˌʌn dərˈteɪ kər for 2 //UK // (ˈʌndəˌteɪkə) //
殡仪员,殡仪馆,殡仪馆老板,殡仪业者
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : funeral director.
- : a person who undertakes something.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounfuneral director
Examples
You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.
An undertaker waited on a gentleman, with the bill for the burial of his wife, amounting to 67l.
To Amy he paid great deference, telling the undertaker to ask what she liked and abide by her decisions.
You may have noticed his name printed on most everything but the undertaker's and the jail as you came up from the station.
Those of us who could afford it rode in the undertaker's coaches, and the rest walked in procession to Highgate Cemetery.
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