late 14c., "a dealer in skins," from skin (n.); as "one who skins," 1690s, agent noun from skin (v.). The surname is attested from mid-13c. Also in U.S. use "one who strips, robs, or plunders;" the name given to a band of marauders who committed depredations on Loyalists in New York during the Revolution. Compare Old Norse skinnari "a dealer in skins; a skinner, tanner."
雙語例句
1. Mr Skinner is involved with another worrying line of research.
Skinner先生還就另一令人擔(dān)憂的領(lǐng)域進行研究.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. He is expected to be supported at the meeting by Dennis Skinner and Tony Benn among others.
他預(yù)計將在會上獲得包括丹尼斯·斯金納和托尼·本在內(nèi)的很多人的支持。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I meet you at three and bring heaps of Skinner street news.
我三點鐘來和你相會,并將帶來一大堆皮貨街的新聞.
來自辭典例句
4. And Mr. Skinner must have fled when he realized we knew.