释义 |
usher/ˈʌʃə/ n. & v.●n. 1 a person who shows people to their seats in a hall or theatre etc. (指公共大厅、戏院等的)引座员,招待员 2 a doorkeeper at a court etc. (指法院等处的)门房,传达员 3 Brit. an officer walking before a person of rank [英] (指走在重要人物之前的)领宾员 4 archaic or joc. an assistant teacher [古义] [诙]助理教员 ●v. tr. 1 act as usher to 引,领;招待;陪同 2 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 in) announce or show in etc. 宣告或迎接等 ushered us into the room 把我们迎进了房间; ushered in a new era 迎来了新时代 □ ushership n.[Middle English via Anglo-French usser, Old French uissier, variant of huissier, and medieval Latin ustiarius from Latin ostiarius, from ostium ‘door’] |