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

• The gaffer believes his No.20 is approaching top form and is reluctant to let him go during the crucial festive period.
  教练相信他的20号球员可以达到最佳状态，同时也不情愿马斯切拉诺在圣诞这样一个重要的节日里离开球队。
• 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。
• Bilbo, have you been at the gaffer's home brew?
  比尔博，你有喝过盖佛老爹的酒了吗？
• "I always watched the little things the Gaffer did," he says.
  “我总是观察工头做的小事，”他说。
• 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。
• The warm-up device can reduce the temperature difference between the cloth and the molten film, so it improve the intensity of antis tripping, reduce the gaffer of the film.
  预热装置缩小了材料和熔融薄膜的温度差，保证了涂覆后抗剥离强度高，减轻涂覆后的皱褶。
• "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。”
• The Gaffer has been absolutely unbelievable.
  他是难以置信的。
• In the movie world, where there is glitz and glamour, Walton is a gaffer.
  电影的世界总是充满着名利与诱惑，沃顿只是个局外者。
• 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’。