undertaker
undertaker 英 [ˈʌndəteɪkə(r)] 美 [ˈʌndərteɪkə(r)]
n. 承担者；承办人；殡仪业者
名词复数:undertakers
- An undertaker is someone who prepares a body for burial or cremation. When a loved one dies, you'll have to visit an undertaker.
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- n. 承担者；承办人；殡仪业者
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1. The undertaker's man and the grave-digger had probably allowed the coffin to lose its balance, and had lowered the head before the foot.
很可能是因为那些殡仪执事和埋葬工人让那棺材晃了几下并且是头先脚后吊下去的。
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2. Another solid parishioner presses his card into his hand, murmuring that he hopes to be of service to him in the future: he is an undertaker.
另一个看法一致的居民把名片压到家具商的手上，低声说他希望将来能为其服务——他是一名殡葬承办者。
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3. If not you maybe dead, so stop reading now and call for an ambulance and/or an undertaker.
如果没有你也许死了，你们也不要读了现在，并要求救护车和/或承办。
- undertaker (n.) c. 1400, "a contractor or projecter of any sort," agent noun from undertake (v.). The specialized sense (1690s) emerged from funeral-undertaker.
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