undertaker

英语

词源

源自undertake (动词) +‎ -er。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)/, /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈteɪkə(ɹ)/

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名词

undertaker (复数 undertakers)

1. 殡葬业者

   近义词：(美国) mortician、(俚语) cold cook

2. (罕用) undertake的施动者名词：承担者，从事者
   • 1991, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part II, Chapter I, section 6(5)”, 出自 Water Industry Act 1991‎^[1]，第 8 页:

     A company shall not be appointed to be a water undertaker unless it is a limited company or a statutory water company and shall not be appointed to be a sewerage undertaker unless it is a limited company.

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   • 2001, Technology, Humans, and Society: Toward a Sustainable World:

     The undertaker of the enterprise is usually known today by the French term entrepreneur because we have surrendered the English word to the undertakers of funerals.

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衍生词汇

• undertakerish
• undertakerly
• undertaker's

相关词汇

• undertake
• undertaking