surname, early 13c., probably an agent noun from walk (v.) in the sense "to full cloth." preserves the cloth-fulling sense (walker with this meaning is attested from c. 1300). "Walker" or "Hookey Walker" was a common slang retort of incredulity in early and mid-19c. London, for which "Various problematic explanations have been offered" [Century Dictionary].
"Is it?" said Scrooge. "Go and buy it."
"Walk-ER!" exclaimed the boy.
"No, no," said Scrooge. "I am in earnest" (etc.)
[Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"]
雙語例句
1. Rioch knows the big clubs have been sniffing around Andy Walker.
里奧克知道那些大俱樂部一直在企圖挖走安迪·沃克。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill.
沃克不得不把這個壞消息告訴希爾。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys.