英语词汇“chugger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

chugger

/ˈtʃʌɡə/

noun British informal

A person who approaches passers-by in the street asking for subscriptions or donations to a particular charity: when you have chuggers outside your shop, people just cross the road...

The Kensington High Street rag reckons chuggers—paid workers who stop you in the street and persuade you to give over your bank details for charity—are well on their way out.
It's the televisual equivalent of the chuggers who hang round Liverpool Street station - it makes me walk to the other side of the road to avoid them.
I pass four Shelter chuggers, my do-not-approach aura clearly on the fritz as two of them tried their circus-style freakshow beckoning tactics on me.

Origin

Early 21st century: blend of charity and mugger¹.

单词	chugger
释义	chugger /ˈtʃʌɡə/ noun British informal A person who approaches passers-by in the street asking for subscriptions or donations to a particular charity: when you have chuggers outside your shop, people just cross the road... The Kensington High Street rag reckons chuggers—paid workers who stop you in the street and persuade you to give over your bank details for charity—are well on their way out. It's the televisual equivalent of the chuggers who hang round Liverpool Street station - it makes me walk to the other side of the road to avoid them. I pass four Shelter chuggers, my do-not-approach aura clearly on the fritz as two of them tried their circus-style freakshow beckoning tactics on me. Origin Early 21st century: blend of charity and mugger¹.
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