banker

banker1
noun
  1. a person who manages or owns a bank or group of banks
    银行家
    ■the person running the table, controlling play, or acting as dealer in some gambling or board games
    (赌博或棋戏中的)庄家
  2. (Brit.)a supposedly certain bet
    (英)稳赢的赌注
    the horse should be a banker for him in the Members' race.
    那匹马应该使他在成员赛中稳操胜券。
    ■a result forecast identically (while other forecasts differ) in several football-pool entries on one coupon
    (一张足球彩票上)与实战结果相符的预测
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French banquier, from banque (see bank)

banker2
noun
  1. a boat employed in cod fishing off Newfoundland
    (纽芬兰附近海域)捕鳕渔船
    ■a Newfoundland fisherman
    纽芬兰渔民
  2. (Austral. informal)a river flooded to the top of its banks
    (澳, 非正式)满汇流,水涨齐岸的河流
  3. an additional locomotive used to assist a train in ascending an incline
    (辅助火车上坡的)辅动机车
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