核心词义
janitor
英[ˈdʒænɪtə(r)] 美['dʒænɪtər]
核心词义
n. 看门人;守卫;门警;清洁工
janitor 基本解释
速记技巧
词源记忆法
来自拉丁语ianitor,看门人,词源同January.
janitor 变化形式
复数: janitors
知识扩展
词源词缀
来自拉丁语ianitor,看门人,词源同January.January(一月)来自古罗马的门户之神Janus的名字,而该神名则来自拉丁语ianua(门);同样来自这个拉丁语的单词是janitor(门卫)。一月是一年的门户,通过理解January的本义得到词根-jan-“门”,这样janitor应该好记些。
中文词源
janitor 看门人
来自拉丁语ianitor,看门人,词源同January.
janitor 用法和例句提示:点击例句中的单词,就可以看到词义解释
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- The janitor gets to explain why something went wrong .
- 看门人需要解释为什么事情错了。
- The janitor outfit made people think the same face was black .
- 看门人的服装则让人觉得头像是黑人。
- I guess when the janitor let it be know that he could mop floors and wipe down blackboards he was soon busy with those tasks .
- 我想如果看门人知道他可以拖地板和擦黑板,他很快就会忙于这些工作。
- And yet , when you were in high school you may not have felt that the janitor was the most powerful representative of the school board .
- 然而,你在高中时,可不会认为看门人是校董中最权力的代表。
- Considering that watching the doors was once the job of a god , its no wonder that someone else with more power at the school board took over that role while the poor old janitor was busy with his pail .
- 考虑到看门曾一度是神的工作,这也难怪当那个可怜的老看门人正忙于他的水桶的时候,某些在学校董事会中拥有更多权力的人接管了他的任务。