sutler
英 ['s?tl?]
美['s?tl?]
- n. 軍中小販
中文詞源
sutler 軍中小販，隨軍伙夫
來自早期拼寫形式 suttler,軍中小販，隨軍販賣食物的人，最終來自 PIE*seut,煮沸，沸騰， 詞源同 seethe,沸騰，翻滾，生悶氣。
英文詞源
- sutler (n.)
- formerly also suttler, "person who follows an army to sell food to soldiers," 1580s, from Middle Dutch soeteler "small tradesman, peddler, victualer, camp cook" (Dutch zoetelaar), cognate with Middle Low German suteler, sudeler "person who performs dirty tasks," Middle High German sudelen "to cook badly," Middle Dutch soetelen "to cook badly." Probably also related to Dutch zieder, German sieden "to seethe," from Proto-Germanic *suth-, from PIE root *seut- "to seethe, boil" (see seethe).
雙語例句
- 1. Jim Sutler and his donkey arrived at the wooded Indian well about noon.
- 吉姆·夏得樂和他的驢子中午左右來到樹木繁茂的印地安水泉.
來自辭典例句
- 2. A supplier of victuals ; a sutler.
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