meatpacker

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or company involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing
    — After breaking up the big meatpackers in the early 1920s, the federal government prevented the industry from consolidating for more than half a century, part of a broader commitment to checking corporate power throughout the economy. […] When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.

词形变化

meatpackers plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der.
Proto-Germanic *matiz
Proto-West Germanic *mati
Old English mete
Middle English mete
English meat
English packer
English meatpacker
From meat + packer.
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