late 14c., "a dealer in skins," from skin (n.); as "one who skins," 1690s, agent noun from skin (v.). The surname is attested from mid-13c. Also in U.S. use "one who strips, robs, or plunders;" the name given to a band of marauders who committed depredations on Loyalists in New York during the Revolution. Compare Old Norse skinnari "a dealer in skins; a skinner, tanner."
实用例句
1. Mr Skinner is involved with another worrying line of research.
Skinner先生还就另一令人担忧的领域进行研究.
来自互联网
2. He is expected to be supported at the meeting by Dennis Skinner and Tony Benn among others.
他预计将在会上获得包括丹尼斯·斯金纳和托尼·本在内的很多人的支持。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I meet you at three and bring heaps of Skinner street news.
我三点钟来和你相会,并将带来一大堆皮货街的新闻.
来自辞典例句
4. And Mr. Skinner must have fled when he realized we knew.