derrick: [16] Around the end of the 16th century there was a famous Tyburn hangman called Derick. His name came to be used as a personification of hangmen in general, and subsequently as a metaphor for the ‘gallows’. Gradually, however, these macabre associations were lost, and by the 18th century derrick had progressed in meaning to ‘hoisting apparatus’.
derrick (n.)
c. 1600, originally "hangman," then "a gallows," then "hoist, crane" (1727), from surname of a hangman at Tyburn gallows, London, c. 1606-1608, often referred to in contemporary theater. The name represents a late borrowing from the Low Countries (compare Dutch Diederik) of Old High German Theodric (see Dietrich).
雙語例句
1. Don't stay under the arm of a derrick!
不要在起重機(jī)的吊臂下!
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Magnus Derrick had formally and definitely refused his adherence to the scheme.
曼克奈斯·臺力克正式干脆表示,不愿跟這活動有什么關(guān)系.
來自辭典例句
3. Derrick and I have been laying out the system of irrigating ditches.
德里克跟我在一起修建那個(gè)灌溉網(wǎng).
來自辭典例句
4. Unlike Harran Derrick, he seemed more of a character than a type.
他跟哈倫·臺力克不一樣,與其說他是個(gè)典型,還不如說他是個(gè)很特殊的人.
來自辭典例句
5. It might be as well to consult Magnus and Mrs. Derrick.