Usher



GRE

解释

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• n.领座员, 招待员; v.引, 领
• ［英］ n.领座员, 招待员; v.引, 领 ( introduce)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: us-her ( 她领我们进去)
• ［例］ The girl ushered me to my seat.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English ussher, from Anglo-French ussier, usscher, from Vulgar Latin *ustiarius doorkeeper, from Latin ostium, ustium door, mouth of a river — more at ostium
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. an officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, or chamber
  • b. an officer who walks before a person of rank
  • c. one who escorts persons to their seats (as in a theater)
• 2. archaic an assistant teacher

II. verb (ushered; ushering)

• Date: 1588
• transitive verb
  • 1. to conduct to a place
  • 2. to precede as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger
  • 3. to cause to enter ; introduce <a new theory ushered into the world>
• intransitive verb
  • to serve as an usher <usher at a wedding>

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