| 词汇 | plumber |
| 释义 | plumber noun[ C ] uk /ˈplʌm.ər/ us /ˈplʌm.ɚ/ B2 a person whose job is to supply and connect or repair water pipes, baths, toilets, etc.: 管子工，水暖工 When is the plumber coming to repair the burst pipe?管道工什么时候来修理破裂的水管？ We'll have to get a plumber in to look at that water tank.我们得请水暖工来检查一下那个水箱。 Did you remember to get on to the plumber about the shower?你记着给管子工联系让他来修淋浴器了吗？ The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the new washing machine.水管工明天来安装新的洗衣机。 The plumber came to mend the burst pipe.管道工来修理爆裂的水管。 He's a plumber by trade.他的职业是水暖工。 Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage ballcock black water catch basin caulking cesspit gurgler hot-water tank hydrant influent isolator leakage plumb plunger sewage sewage works sewer siphon spigot standpipe waterworks plumber | American Dictionaryplumber noun[ C ] us/ˈplʌm·ər/ someone whose job is to supply, connect, and repair water pipes and devices Examples of plumberplumber This dip did not, however, remove plumbers from the top echelon of wage-earners. For instance, the concept of water is viewed dierently by a thirsty person, a plumber, a chemist, and a painter. A good farmer (pianist, husband, acrobat, plumber, etc.) does not ex officio eliminate all the evils he can. Over the next few minutes, cleaning personnel, waiters with trays of food, a manicurist, a plumber, and others enter the cabin. Electricians, plumbers and steam engineers pursue their respective trades under license. For carters and plumbers, as for lawyers, annual stipends are best regarded as retaining fees to ensure adequate service when it was required. Even steamfitters, electricians and plumbers are required to have licenses. As many readers will appreciate, plumbing was once an unfashionable trade but now the plumbers are more valuable than interior decorators. The third category includes most of the skilled artisans, such as bakers, blacksmiths, carpenters, mechanics, plumbers, and tailors as well as skilled factory workers, policemen, and bookkeepers. In the course of the meeting, the management finally agreed to bring in a plumber, and both problems (flooded restrooms and paper on the floor) were eventually resolved. The first is more like 'craftsmanship' - carpenters, plumbers, etc., are handverkare. It is not a function of technique or learning but of sincerity, uncorrupted consciousness; and, presumably, plumbers as well as poets can achieve that rare human condition. Whilst an operations manual is used as a reference, the main source of operational information is transferred informally between plumbers at season hand-over. Occupational classifications do not differentiate between plumbers and gas fitters—they are grouped together within the classification for plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may be a plumber, electrician, or fireman who goes window cleaning, gardening, cleaning a car or mending a television set. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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