nightman

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person whose job is cleaning cesspools or sewers, or emptying privies by night. historical
    — Near-synonym: shit-carter
  2. A male night shift worker. dated
    — Most men who are of sufficient intelligence and moral character to make thoroughly satisfactory block signalmen will naturally seek a respite occasionally from such a confining routine, and if they cannot accomplish this without securing a substitute at their own expense they are under constant temptation to “change off”—the day man working for the nightman and the nightman for the day.
  3. A nightwatchman; a guard who works at night.

词形变化

nightmen plural night-man alternative night man alternative

词汇关系

词源

From night + -man.
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