zambuk

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈzæmbʌk/    美 /ˈzæmbʌk/|/ˈzæmˌbʌk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A first-aider, especially one from St. John Ambulance attending at a sports event. Australia,New-Zealand,informal
    — “C’mon ‘Zambuk,’ what’s keeping yer!” the old-time football crowds would yell when one over-eager barracker k.o.’d an opposition supporter. Spencer Middlemiss sat back in a chair at his Mascot home last week, and, surrounded by a pile of certificates, photographs and cuttings, proudly confessed that he was one of the original “Zambuks.”
  2. Alternative spelling of sambuq. alt-of,alternative

词形变化

zambuks plural zambuck alternative Zambuk alternative zambuks plural

词源

词源 1
From Zam-Buk, a type of healing ointment originally manufactured in England, United Kingdom; further origin uncertain.
词源 2
See sambuq.
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