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knocker-up

  • n. <英，史>敲门窗叫醒劳工者

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  敲窗人

敲窗人（Knocker-up）在闹钟发明之前，人们是怎样按时起床的呢？人们会雇佣敲窗人在指定的时间敲打窗户。

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短语

Up to the knocker 完全的 ; 完全地

Knocker-up

  • abstract: A knocker-up (sometimes known as a knocker-upper) was a profession (One of the curious ways of earning a livelihood in the manufacturing towns) in England and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution and at least as late as the 1920s, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable. A knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.

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双语例句

  • For just a few pence the knocker-up would sit outside your window making a ruckus until you got up and were ready for work.

    只需几便士，你就可以雇敲窗人坐在你的窗外大敲你的窗户，直到你起床准备上班为止。

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  • For just a few pence the knocker-up would sit outside your window making a ruckus24 until you got up and were ready for work.

    只需几便士，你就可以雇敲窗人坐在你的窗外大敲你的窗户，直到你起床准备上班为止。

    youdao

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