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janitor

英 ['dʒænɪtə]美 ['dʒænɪtɚ]

n. 看门人；守卫；门警

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记忆方法

1. janus, Janus => janitor.

中文词源

janitor 看门人

来自拉丁语ianitor,看门人，词源同January.

英语词源

janitor (n.)

1580s, "an usher in a school," later "doorkeeper" (1620s), from Latin ianitor

"doorkeeper, porter," from ianua "door, entrance, gate," from ianus "arched passageway, arcade" (see Janus) + agent suffix -tor. Meaning "caretaker of a building" first recorded 1708.

权威例句

1. The janitor comes round to turn the lights out.

看门人巡视一圈，把灯熄灭。

2. The janitor let off some steam because the pressure was too high.

锅炉工把蒸汽放走了一点,因为压力过高.

3. I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.

我会一直玩到门房过来熄灯。

4. That janitor is a snail who never gets things done.

那个照管房屋的人动作慢吞吞的,什么事也做不成.

5. Art recruited a janitor, we're paying him to keep watch.

阿特买通了看门人, 我们出钱让他放哨.

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