canvasser
['k?nv?s?]
助記提示
1. from alternative spelling of canvas (n.) and probably meaning, originally, "to toss or sift in a canvas sheet," hence "to shake out, examine carefully" (1520s); "to solicit votes" (1550s).
2. canvas => canvass => canvasser.
雙語例句
- 1. Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house -- a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day " drummers.
- ”這人是為生產廠家 推銷 產品的旅行推銷員,當時剛剛流行把這類人稱作“皮包客. ”
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. It'seems the canvasser was once a general.
- 那位推銷員好像原來是一位將軍.
來自互聯網