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cordwainer的意思

cordwainer
英式音标['kɔrdwenɚ]
美式英标['kɔːdweɪnə]

基本解释

n. 皮匠;鞋匠(尤指科尔多瓦皮鞋工人)

英文词源

cordwainer (n.)
"shoemaker, leatherworker," c. 1100, from Anglo-French cordewaner, from Old French cordoan "(leather) of Cordova," the town in Spain whose leather was favored by the upper class for shoes. Compare cordovan, a later borrowing directly from Spanish.