helper

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈhɛlpɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
  2. That which helps; anything serving to assist.
    — While Adobe's Acrobat Reader, Macromedia's Flash player, and other common plug-ins suggest themselves the moment you encounter a site that requires them, other browser helpers are harder to find.
  3. A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee. Hong-Kong,Philippines,Singapore
  4. A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients. US
    — A device for the automatic control of crewless helper locomotives cut into the make-up of heavy freight trains has been perfected by the Louisville & Nashville RR in conjunction with the General Railway Signalling Co.
  5. A stimulating pill, especially amphetamine. slang
    — And I routinely took more “helpers” when I woke up in order to maintain the fast pace and, more importantly, to study for my final exams.

词形变化

helpers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
domestic helper helper dog helper grade helperless helper T cell helper-up helper verb helper virus mother's little helper oath-helper plumber's helper self-helper T helper cell

词源

From Middle English helpere, from Old English *helpere, from Proto-West Germanic *helpārī (“helper”), equivalent to help + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälper (“helper”), West Frisian helper (“helper”), Dutch helper (“helper”), German Low German Helper (“helper”), German Helfer (“helper”), Danish hjælper (“helper”), Swedish hjälpare (“helper”), Icelandic hjálpar (“helper”).
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