tide waiter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A customs inspector at a seaport who oversees the landing of goods from merchant vessels in order to secure payment of duties. UK,historical
    — "Your morning letters, if I remember right, were from a fish-monger and a tide-waiter."
  2. A person who watches public opinion before declaring their own.

词形变化

tide waiters plural tidewaiter alternative
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