baker

英 [ˈbeɪ.kər]      美 [ˈbeɪ.kɚ]
  • n. 面包师;面包工人;(便携式)烘炉
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baker (n.)
Old English bæcere "baker," agent noun from bacan "to bake" (see bake (v.)). In the Middle Ages, the craft had two divisions, braun-bakeres and whit-bakeres.
White bakers shall bake no hors brede..broune bakers shall bake whete brede as it comyth grounde fro the mylle withoute ony bultyng of the same. Also the seid broune bakers shall bake hors brede of clene benys and pesyn, And also brede that is called housholdersbrede. [Letterbook in the City of London Records Office, Guildhall, 1441]
Baker's dozen "thirteen" is from 1590s.
These dealers [hucksters] ... on purchasing their bread from the bakers, were privileged by law to receive thirteen batches for twelve, and this would seem to have been the extent of their profits. Hence the expression, still in use, "A baker's dozen." [H.T. Riley, "Liber Albus," 1859]
1. They're freshly baked. I fetched them from the baker's this morning.
它们是刚出炉的。我早上去面包房买回来的。
2. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.
贝克教授并不熟悉“代议制民主”这一思想。
3. Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.
贝克先生临时提出那些建议。
4. Before his first round of discussions, Mr Baker sounded an optimistic note.
第一轮讨论前,贝克先生听上去还比较乐观。
5. Baker suggested the administration wasn't raring for a fight.
贝克暗示行政部门并不急于卷入争斗中。

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