wallah


n. 要人;经办业务人

中文词源

wallah 从事某工作的人

来自印度语。

英文词源

wallah (n.)
also walla, "person employed (in some specified business)," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi -wala, suffix forming adjectives with the sense "pertaining to, connected with;" the functional equivalent of English -er (1). Europeans took it to mean "man, fellow" and began using it as a word.

实用例句

1. This man is a rickshaw wallah and he works hard to raise his family.
这个人是拉黄包车的,他努力干活养活家人.
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