exciseman
/ek-sahyz-muhn, -sahys-/US // ˈɛk saɪz mən, -saɪs- //UK // (ˈɛksaɪzˌmæn) //
运动员,兴奋者,兴奋的人,运动员们
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural ex·cise·men.British.
- : an officer who collects excise taxes and enforces excise laws.
Examples
Will you countenance me, young ladies, if some villainous attorney or exciseman should by and by come to own me?'
Jem Hathaway, the exciseman, had in nothing exaggerated the magnificence of our young Londoner.
Indeed, from the time he obtained a situation under government, he gradually began to sink the farmer in the exciseman.
During the day, no doubt, he was employed busily enough in doing his duty as an Exciseman.
This was the good woman's reply to her husband when he complained of the exciseman's too demonstrative gallantry.
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