tucker

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʌkə/|[ˈtʰʌkə]    美 /ˈtʌkɚ/|[ˈtʰʌkɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who or that which tucks. countable
    — Discrimination. Firm, after having had a long controversy with its tuckers, laid off the whole tucking department for a week. Union maintained it was a clear case cf discrimination against the tuckers on account of the recent controversy. Determination: Complaint of the union was sustained. Tuckers were paid the amount of money they were deprived of through being discriminated against, $158.90.
  2. Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress. countable
    — “And, ma′am,” he continued, “the laundress tells me some of the girls have two clean tuckers in the week: it is too much; the rules limit them to one.” “I think I can explain that circumstance, sir. Agnes and Catherine Johnstone were invited to take tea with some friends at Lowton last Thursday, and I gave them leave to put on clean tuckers for the occasion.”
  3. Food; tuck. Australia,New-Zealand,colloquial,uncountable
    — By the fire the billies were boiling, the tucker of both camps spread out on tarpaulins.
  4. A fuller; one who fulls cloth. obsolete
  5. Work that scarcely yields a living wage. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To tire out or exhaust a person or animal. slang
    — Man, I’m so tuckered from my run today.

词形变化

tuckers present,singular,third-person tuckering participle,present tuckered participle,past tuckered past tuckers plural tuckers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bush tucker dog tucker tuckerbag tuckerbox tucker claim tucker fucker tuckerless tucker money
相关词
best bib and tucker tucker fucker

词源

词源 1
From tuck + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Middle English tukere
English tucker
Inherited from Middle English tukere (“one who dresses or finishes cloth”).
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