gaffer

英 [ˈɡæfə(r)]

美 [ˈɡæfər]

n.  (工厂的)工头，领班; (运动队等的)领队，负责人; (拍电影或电视节目的)照明电工

复数：gaffers　

BNC.27170 / COCA.30960

牛津词典

noun

• （工厂的）工头，领班；（运动队等的）领队，负责人
  a person who is in charge of a group of people, for example, workers in a factory, a sports team, etc.
• （拍电影或电视节目的）照明电工
  the person who is in charge of the electrical work and the lights when a film/movie or television programme is being made

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 工头；领班
  People usegafferto refer to the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory.
  1. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.
     工头说他因为没有按时履行合同而被罚款。

英英释义

noun

• a person who exercises control over workers
  1. if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
  Synonym:foremanchiefhonchoboss
• an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
• an elderly man
  Synonym:old-timeroldtimerold geezerantique

双语例句

• "I always watched the little things the Gaffer did," he says.
  “我总是观察工头做的小事，”他说。
• The gaffer knows the people up here and he said that it was important that we came, performed well and show what Manchester United can be about.
  头儿知道这里的情况，所以我们应该来一趟向人们展示什么是曼联。
• The Holland international has been the subject of transfer speculation this summer but his focus has always remained on proving his worth to the new gaffer.
  人们一直推测荷兰人在今年夏天可能会转会离开，但是他一直致力于如何提高自己在老头子手下的价值。
• The Gaffer has been absolutely unbelievable.
  他是难以置信的。
• I spoke to the gaffer and he said'go and enjoy it, it will be a good experience for you '.
  我跟老板说了，他说让我‘去享受比赛，这将是你很好的经验’。
• Your gaffer, does he want anything special?
  你的主人，想玩什么特别的吗？
• The conversations I've had with the gaffer in the last couple of weeks, he says he thinks it's the right step for me in a management career and that was the go ahead for me.
  我最近几周跟老板谈过，他说他决定我回去当经理是个正确的觉得。是对我职业生涯的促进。
• Kuyt was the two-goal hero as Liverpool beat top-four rivals Tottenham last week and was the subject of several questions as the gaffer gave his pre-Wolves press conference on Monday.
  库伊特在上周击败英超第四争夺对手热刺中梅开二度，他成为主要疑虑的焦点，所以主教练在周一召开狼队赛前新闻发布会所说。
• Anyway, I was standing at the bar and this old gaffer comes up to me and asks me to buy him a drink.
  总之，我站在吧台前，这老头子朝我走过来，叫我给他买杯酒。
• "It could be an opportunity for him," said the gaffer." We will analyse him in training today and maybe he will have a chance. "
  “这可能是他的一个机会，”主教练说道，“今天我们将会分析他的训练情况，可能他会有机会上场。”