clerk

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /klɑːk/    美 /klɝk/|/klɐːk/|/klɜːk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
    — As office boy I made such a mark That they gave me the post of a junior clerk.
  2. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.; A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
  3. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.; A law clerk.
  4. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.; An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.
  5. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.; The chief legal advisor of a legislature or legislative chamber, who is usually also responsible for keeping minutes of sittings.
  6. A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs. Quakerism
  7. In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk and Bible clerk). archaic
    — God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen.
  8. A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number). dated
  9. A scholar. obsolete
    — 13th century, Traditional carol, And all was for an appel, an appel that he toke/As clerkès finden written in their boke.
动词 v.
  1. To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
    — The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
  2. To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.
    — The best preparation for the long case is to clerk patients on the wards and in outpatients within a strict 60 minutes. This would include deciding on a policy of management.

词形变化

clerks plural clark alternative,obsolete clerks present,singular,third-person clerking participle,present clerked participle,past clerked past clark alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
register registrar scribe secretary
衍生词
academical clerk articled clerk articling clerk barber's clerk check clerk clerkage clerk-ale clerkdom clerkery clerkess clerkhood clerkish clerkism clerkless clerklike clerkling clerkly clerk of the course clerk of the pells clerk of the pipe clerk of the works clerk of works clerkship clerky courtesy clerk death clerk filing clerk lawclerk law clerk lay clerk mail clerk overclerk parish clerk pox doctor's clerk recording clerk Saint Nicholas' clerk sales clerk sheriff clerk subclerk town clerk underclerk vestry clerk
相关词
clergy clergyman cleric clerical

词源

词源 1
From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally “learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”, adj. in church jargon), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots”). Doublet of cleric.
Compare typologically Russian дьяк (dʹjak) (akin to дья́кон (dʹjákon)).
词源 2
From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally “learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”, adj. in church jargon), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots”). Doublet of cleric.
Compare typologically Russian дьяк (dʹjak) (akin to дья́кон (dʹjákon)).
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