derrick: [16] Around the end of the 16th century there was a famous Tyburn hangman called Derick. His name came to be used as a personification of hangmen in general, and subsequently as a metaphor for the ‘gallows’. Gradually, however, these macabre associations were lost, and by the 18th century derrick had progressed in meaning to ‘hoisting apparatus’.
derrick (n.)
c. 1600, originally "hangman," then "a gallows," then "hoist, crane" (1727), from surname of a hangman at Tyburn gallows, London, c. 1606-1608, often referred to in contemporary theater. The name represents a late borrowing from the Low Countries (compare Dutch Diederik) of Old High German Theodric (see Dietrich).
双语例句
1. Don't stay under the arm of a derrick!
不要在起重机的吊臂下!
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2. Magnus Derrick had formally and definitely refused his adherence to the scheme.
曼克奈斯·台力克正式干脆表示,不愿跟这活动有什么关系.
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3. Derrick and I have been laying out the system of irrigating ditches.
德里克跟我在一起修建那个灌溉网.
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4. Unlike Harran Derrick, he seemed more of a character than a type.
他跟哈伦·台力克不一样,与其说他是个典型,还不如说他是个很特殊的人.
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5. It might be as well to consult Magnus and Mrs. Derrick.