messenger
英['mes?n(d)??]
美['m?snd??]
- n. 報信者，送信者；先驅
- n. (Messenger)人名；(德)梅森格；(英)梅辛杰
詞態變化
復數:?messengers;
中文詞源
messenger 信使
來自古法語messagier,信使，來自message,信息，消息。插入字母n可能是一種習慣性寫法，比較passenger,harbinger.
英文詞源
- messenger (n.)
- c. 1200, messager, from Old French messagier "messenger, envoy, ambassador," from message (see message (n.)). With parasitic -n- inserted by c. 1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way (compare passenger, harbinger, scavenger).
雙語例句
- 1. The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.
- 送信人彎下腰來，撓著膝部被綁腿磨紅的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He sent the order by messenger.
- 他通過郵遞員發出訂單。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. By the time the messenger reached him, the damage had been done.
- 送信人趕到他那兒時, 損失已經造成了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The messenger boy will run off his legs sooner or later.
- 這個小通訊員遲早會累垮的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. I'll order a special messenger to deliver the document.
- 我會派專人把文件送去.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》