hander
hander — 名詞
1. a sharp blow to the hand, usually given as a quick punishment or in a scuffle
打手
快速打手掌的處罰或打鬧動作
a sharp blow to the hand, usually given as a quick punishment or in a scuffle
Keiko received a stinging hander when she reached into the dark cupboard too fast.
Keiko 伸手太快探進黑暗的櫥櫃時，手被狠狠打了一下。
The old teacher gave Fatima a quick hander with a ruler for talking in class.
老教師用尺子快速打了 Fatima 的手，懲罰她上課講話。
hander + with + instrument for classroom punishment
Dmitri's brother dealt him a playful hander after losing the card game.
Dmitri 的哥哥輸了紙牌遊戲後，開玩笑地打了他的手掌一下。
The headmistress gave Javier a sharp hander for drawing on the desk during lessons.
校長因為 Javier 在上課時畫桌子，用力打了他的手一下。
Kwame yelped as the angry cat gave him a sharp hander and ran off.
那隻生氣的貓狠狠打了 Kwame 的手一下，然後跑掉了，Kwame 痛得大叫。
用法筆記
Rare and somewhat dated; most common in 19th- and early-20th-century writing. Distinguish from sense 2, which names a tobacco-industry job rather than a strike.
常見錯誤
2. a tobacco-warehouse worker who passes tied bundles of cured leaves to the barrel
菸葉遞送工
將捆好的菸葉束遞給壓桶工人的歷史職業
a tobacco-warehouse worker who passes tied bundles of cured leaves to the barrel-press operator
Suresh worked as a hander, feeding bundles of tobacco leaves to the press operator.
Suresh 是一名菸葉遞送工，負責將一捆捆菸葉送給壓榨機操作員。
worked as a hander — occupational noun usage
The old hander had spent forty summers passing tied bundles to the press operator in the warehouse.
這位老傳遞工在倉庫裡將捆好的菸葉束遞給壓榨機操作員，已經度過了四十個夏天。
Amara's grandfather was a hander at the Virginia tobacco warehouse before the war.
Amara 的祖父戰前在維吉尼亞州的菸草倉庫當傳遞工。
Each hander passed five bundles a minute to the press operator working the large barrel press.
每位傳遞工每分鐘遞五捆菸葉給操作大桶壓榨機的工人。
- tobacco handler
modern, general term covering any leaf-handling role, not just the historical prizer-assistant position
用法筆記
Historical term from the 19th-century American tobacco trade; now obsolete outside historical writing. 'Tobacco hand' refers to a bundle of cured leaves tied together for packing.