单词 | hire-wage |
释义 | > as lemmashire-wage C1. attributive, as hire-car, hire-carriage, hire-payer, hire-wage. Also hiregang n., hireman n., hire-woman n. ΚΠ 1483 Cath. Angl. 186/2 An Hire payer, mercedarius. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xvi. 134 b To digge in the field for hire wages from daie to daye. 1901 R. Kipling Kim v. 122 The woman, she kept kabarri shop near where the hire-carriages are. 1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 28/2 (advt.) Largest fleet of hire cars in Kenya. 1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit xi. 94 It was her hire car that rammed the car taking Dorfmann and Welch to the deportation ship. 1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. ii Planes and hire-cars whisk you to the magic. < as lemmas |
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