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washerman

/wosh-er-muhn, waw-sher-/US // ˈwɒʃ ər mən, ˈwɔ ʃər- //

洗涤者,洗衣工,洗涤工,洗涤员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wash·er·men.

    • : a man who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundryman.
    • : a man who operates a machine for washing, as in a phase of a manufacturing process.

Examples

  • In the Company's vocabulary a 'washerman' was a man who 'bleached' new-made cloth; and the Company employed a number of bleachers.

  • Joe turned to spy the frightened deputy washerman wriggling under the verandah.

  • I think these are all our domestics, except the dobee, or washerman, but I do not know his name.

  • The dhoby (washerman) will wash and get up your clothing, but will do nothing else.

  • Having filled the drum, they emerged from the forest at a place where a washerman was washing clothes.