词组 | cherry picker |
释义 | cherry picker noun 1 a boy or youth in a sexual relationship with an older man. Royal Navy use UK, 1961. 2 a person who targets virgins for seduction US, 1960. 3 the penis. A play on CHERRY (virginity) UK, 2003. 4 one pound (£1). Rhyming slang for NICKER (a pound) UK, 1974. 5 a machine, mounted on a rail car or caterpillar tractor, for picking up logs dropped from cars or on roadsides CANADA, 1962. 6 a crane US, 1987. 7 a large bucket on a boom attached to a truck used to raise a worker to work in an elevated position on power lines, telephone lines, etc US, 1991. 8 an engine hoist US, 1992. 9 a railway pointsman. Named because of the red railway signal lights US, 1946. 10 a prominent, hooked nose US, 1968 |
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