plumber
plumber 英 [ˈplʌmə(r)] 美 [ˈplʌmɚ]
n. 水管工；堵漏人员
名词复数:plumbers
- A plumber is someone whose job includes fixing pipes and installing water and sewage systems. If your kitchen sink is clogged, a plumber is the person to call.
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- n. 水管工；堵漏人员
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1. At the age of 74, he is still going strong as the oldest plumber in business in Boise, Idaho.
尽管他已经74岁高龄，但身体依然很健壮，是爱达荷州博伊西商界中最老的水管工。
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2. Even without a high-school diploma, a black man can probably find a job if he looks. And some manual jobs, such as plumber or cable technician, pay quite well.
即便没有高中文凭，一个黑人只要有求职意愿，他仍可能找到工作，并且水管工和电缆维修员这类体力活，薪酬还挺不错。
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3. "In my view, it is just as great an achievement to be a plumber or a bricklayer as it is to be a lawyer or a doctor.
在我看来，做一名水管工人或者砖匠，同做一名律师或者医生相比，所取得的成就是同样伟大的。
- plumber (n.) late 14c. (from c. 1100 as a surname), "a worker in any sort of lead" (roofs, gutters, pipes), from Old French plomier "lead-smelter" (Modern French plombier) and directly from Latin plumbarius "worker in lead," noun use of adjective meaning "pertaining to lead," from plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Meaning focused 19c. on "workman who installs pipes and fittings" as lead water pipes became the principal concern of the trade. In U.S. Nixon administration (1969-74), the name of a special unit for investigation of "leaks" of government secrets.
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