单词 | racetracker |
释义 | racetracker in British English (ˈreɪsˌtrækə) noun US a person who frequents or works at a racetrack racetracker in American English (ˈreisˌtrækər) noun a person who regularly attends horse races, esp. for the purpose of betting Word origin [1950–55; racetrack + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, International Gothic, bleep, point spread, wiretap-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner) |
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