messenger
英['mesɪn(d)ʒə]
美['mɛsndʒɚ]
- n. 报信者，送信者；先驱
- n. (Messenger)人名；(德)梅森格；(英)梅辛杰
词态变化
复数: messengers;
中文词源
messenger 信使
来自古法语messagier,信使，来自message,信息，消息。插入字母n可能是一种习惯性写法，比较passenger,harbinger.
英文词源
- messenger (n.)
- c. 1200, messager, from Old French messagier "messenger, envoy, ambassador," from message (see message (n.)). With parasitic -n- inserted by c. 1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way (compare passenger, harbinger, scavenger).
双语例句
- 1. The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.
- 送信人弯下腰来，挠着膝部被绑腿磨红的地方。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He sent the order by messenger.
- 他通过邮递员发出订单。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. By the time the messenger reached him, the damage had been done.
- 送信人赶到他那儿时, 损失已经造成了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The messenger boy will run off his legs sooner or later.
- 这个小通讯员迟早会累垮的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. I'll order a special messenger to deliver the document.
- 我会派专人把文件送去.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》