词汇 | wallah |
释义 | wallah noun[ C ] UKinformal or Indian Englishuk /ˈwɒl.ə/ us /ˈwɑː.lɑː/ (in compounds) a person who has a particular duty: 承担…职责的人,做…工作的人 I made the tea yesterday so it's Mira's turn to be tea-wallah this afternoon.昨天是我沏的茶,所以今天下午该轮到米拉沏茶了。 a rickshaw-wallah人力车夫 Duty, obligation and responsibility accountable accountable to someone accountably answer for something buck commitment department dual role duty duty of care fail fall to someone obligatory obliged on your own head be itidiom ought to portfolio shoulder someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom the onus -wallah suffix Indian Englishuk / -wɒl.ə/ us / -wɑː.lɑː/ added to nouns to describe a person who has a particular duty or job, or with a particular appearance: 承担…职责的人,做…工作的人 a rickshawallah人力车夫 Examples of wallahwallah I wondered what would happen when the legal wallahs got together tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were a lot of "base wallahs" and did not go into the firing line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are inclined to pour scorn on the pill wallahs and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware, however, that many of these efficiency wallahs are bursting with enthusiasm about night work, but they would think very differently if they had to do it themselves? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tea is often consumed at small roadside stands, where it is prepared by tea makers known as "chai wallahs". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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