hooter
英 ['huːtə]
美 ['hutɚ]
中文词源
英文词源
- hooter (n.)
- by 1823, "anything that hoots," especially an owl, agent noun from hoot (v.). Slang meaning "nose" is from 1958. Meaning "a woman's breast" (usually in plural hooters) attested by 1972. The Hooters restaurant chain began 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
双语例句
- 1. Didn't factory workers always sound the hooter as signal for a riot?
- 工人们在厂里暴动,也常常放汽笛为号,可不是 么 ?
来自子夜部分
- 2. At five the first hooter sounds.
- 五点钟,上工的汽笛声响了.
来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
- 3. " It's no good blowing the hooter! "
- “ 拉也不中用!
来自子夜部分
- 4. We've just tried the hooter again.
- 我们现在又拉过回声了!
来自子夜部分
- 5. The slum now began to stir into life , and the factory hooter sounded its imperious summons.
- 草棚区域人声动了.裕华厂里的汽笛威武地嘟嘟地叫.
来自子夜部分