handlanger

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhændˌlæŋə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unskilled assistant to an artisan. South-Africa
    — […] building himself brick by brick, with his wife as his only handlanger.
  2. An aide, an assistant. South-Africa,figuratively
    — [E]very political leader has a handlanger. Like a toddler with a security blanket, the political handlanger is a necessary sop and sponge for all the tension that goes with the job. And there is nothing either disreputable or degrading about the role. Politics can be spiteful and demanding; the handlanger is the trusted confidant, the one person whom the leader can sound out, seek counsel from and trust.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Handlanger. alt-of

词形变化

handlangers plural

词源

Borrowed from Afrikaans handlanger (“assistant, helper”), from Dutch handlanger (“accomplice, henchman; assistant, helper”), analyzable as hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over or pass to”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix) (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands), from German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”), from Hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over, to give; to reach for something”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix).
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