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).
雙語例句
1. The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.
送信人彎下腰來，撓著膝部被綁腿磨紅的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He sent the order by messenger.
他通過郵遞員發出訂單。
來自《權威詞典》
3. By the time the messenger reached him, the damage had been done.
送信人趕到他那兒時, 損失已經造成了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The messenger boy will run off his legs sooner or later.
這個小通訊員遲早會累垮的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. I'll order a special messenger to deliver the document.