Word · Frequency #21092
Fully loadedpusher
毒贩
an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- 1.
Someone or something that pushes.
推的人或物。
- 2.
A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
在繁忙时段受雇推乘客上车,以确保列车按时发车的人。
- 3.
An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
螺旋桨位于机身尾部的飞机。
- 4.
A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
推着行走以运送婴儿的装置,如婴儿车(区别于婴儿背带等)。
- 5.
A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
不追求制胜球,而是将慢球打入对方场地的防守型球员。
- 6.
Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
“banker(一种铁路机车)”的同义词。
- 7.
A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
焦炉中用于整平煤炭的设备,传统上由推焦工操作。
- 8.
Synonym of toolpusher.
“toolpusher”的同义词。
推者；推动者；爱出风头的人；推的人或物。；在繁忙时段受雇推乘客上车,以确保列车按时发车的人。；螺旋桨位于机身尾部的飞机。
In use
The police caught the pusher selling illegal drugs to students.
Pushers often operate near places where young people gather.
The man upstairs is a pusher, according to the neighbors.
a pusher of [thing]
指具体推某物的人；单独用 a pusher 容易理解成毒贩，所以最好说明推的是什么。
A pusher of shopping carts gathered the carts in the parking lot.
一个推购物车的人在停车场把购物车收拢起来。
a drug pusher
固定搭配，指非法贩卖毒品的人，是贬义说法。
The police arrested a drug pusher outside the station.
警方在车站外逮捕了一个毒贩。
a pusher who [clause]
描述爱出风头或强行插队的人，含贬义。
Connections
Collocations
- drug pusher
- 毒品贩子，毒贩
- The police arrested a notorious drug pusher in the neighborhood.警方在附近街区逮捕了一名臭名昭著的毒贩。
- pen pusher
- 办公室职员；文牍人员
- He was tired of being a pen pusher and wanted a more active job.他厌倦了当办公室职员，想要一份更活跃的工作。
- cart pusher
- 推车工；推购物车的人
- During the summer holiday, he worked as a cart pusher at the supermarket.暑假期间，他在超市做推车工。
Idioms & figurative uses
- pen pusher
- 文员；耍笔杆子的人He spent his whole life as a pen pusher in a dull office.他一生都在乏味的办公室里做文员。
- paper pusher
- 文牍主义者；专管文书工作的人The government is full of paper pushers who do nothing but shuffle documents.政府里尽是些只会翻文件的文牍主义者。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由push（推）联想：把毒品推给别人的“推手”就是毒贩，也指爱出头的人。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：口语中指毒贩、新闻报道中涉毒语境、中性描述指推者/推动者 pusher 的具体词义不同，语气也不同：指“毒贩”时通常是非正式用词，多用于口语或新闻报道；指“推者/推动者”时则是中性描述。选用语气时需先判断句中的词义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -sher 结尾，但不与 pusher /ˈpuʃə/ 押韵，因为重读元音不同：usher /ˈʌʃə/、crusher /ˈkrʌʃə/、blusher /ˈblʌʃə/、fisher /ˈfɪʃə/、fresher /ˈfreʃə/、gusher /ˈɡʌʃə/。注意拼写相似，读音不同，不可按拼写推断发音。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.