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janitor
英 ['dʒænɪtə]美 ['dʒænɪtɚ]
n. 看門人；守衛；門警
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1. janus, Janus => janitor.中文詞源
janitor 看門人
來自拉丁語ianitor,看門人，詞源同January.
英語詞源
janitor (n.)
1580s, "an usher in a school," later "doorkeeper" (1620s), from Latin ianitor
"doorkeeper, porter," from ianua "door, entrance, gate," from ianus "arched passageway, arcade" (see Janus) + agent suffix -tor. Meaning "caretaker of a building" first recorded 1708.權威例句
1. The janitor comes round to turn the lights out.
看門人巡視一圈，把燈熄滅。
2. The janitor let off some steam because the pressure was too high.
鍋爐工把蒸汽放走了一點,因爲壓力過高.
3. I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.
我會一直玩到門房過來熄燈。
4. That janitor is a snail who never gets things done.
那個照管房屋的人動作慢吞吞的,什麼事也做不成.
5. Art recruited a janitor, we're paying him to keep watch.
阿特買通了看門人, 我們出錢讓他放哨.
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