pawnbroker

pawnbroker

英 ['pɔːnbrəʊkə]
　　美 ['pɔnbrokɚ]

n. 當鋪老板；典當商

中文詞源：

pawnbroker 典當商人

pawn,典當，broker,中介。

例句：

1. He redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker's.
他從當鋪贖回手表.

2. She could get fifty dollars for those if she went to a pawnbroker.
要是她去當鋪當瞭這些東西,她是可以籌出50塊錢的.

3. They can hardly take any steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed.
在那個好心腸的當鋪老板睡安穩以前,他們是不可能采取任何行動的.

4. At 4.30 they're outside a pawnbroker's, looking at rings.
30時,他們已經在一傢商鋪挑選戒指瞭.

5. Pawnbroker: I am not here to tell you the time.
當鋪老板: 我不是專門告訴你時間的.