wallah
英 ['wɒlə]
美['wɑlə]
- n. 要人；经办业务人
词态变化
复数: wallahs;
中文词源
wallah 从事某工作的人
来自印度语。
英文词源
- wallah (n.)
- also walla, "person employed (in some specified business)," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi -wala, suffix forming adjectives with the sense "pertaining to, connected with;" the functional equivalent of English -er (1). Europeans took it to mean "man, fellow" and began using it as a word.
双语例句
- 1. This man is a rickshaw wallah and he works hard to raise his family.
- 这个人是拉黄包车的,他努力干活养活家人.
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