gaffer是什么意思？

gaffer

英[ˈgæfə(r)] 美[ˈɡæfɚ]

• n. 老人，乡下老头，领班；

复数：gaffers;

例句

• That ( old ) gaffer going into the pub is 90 years old. 走进酒店的那个老头子已经90岁了.
• Gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson also recently refused to criticise Rooney. 老爷子也拒绝批评鲁尼.
• I don't know what the gaffer will do if I'm late. 如果我迟到了,不知道教练会怎么样.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  工头；领班
  People use gaffer to refer to the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an elderly man
  2. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
  3. a person who exercises control over workers;
  "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"