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    In American English, a person whose job is looking after horses and driving cattle — a cowboy. On a ranch, the wrangler is often the one who takes care of the horses in particular: catching them, saddling them, keeping the herd together. On a dude ranch, where tourists come to ride, the wrangler is the one who leads the guests out.

    In American English在美式英文裡 a person whose job is looking after horses and driving cattle指的是負責照顧馬匹、驅趕牛群的人 a cowboy也就是牛仔 On a ranch在牧場上 the wrangler is often the one who takes care of the horses in particular wrangler常常是專門負責照顧馬的人 catching them, saddling them, keeping the herd together負責抓馬、上鞍,還有讓馬群不要散掉 On a dude ranch在讓觀光客體驗騎馬的牧場(dude ranch)裡 where tourists come to ride觀光客會來這裡騎馬 the wrangler is the one who leads the guests out wrangler就是帶著客人出去騎馬的人

    The word is very American and very Western, and you meet it in films, in country songs and in ranch jobs today. It comes from the verb wrangle, which first meant to argue noisily and then came to mean to round up and control animals — so a wrangler is someone who handles animals that do not want to be handled.

    The word is very American and very Western這個字非常美式、非常西部 and you meet it in films, in country songs and in ranch jobs today你會在電影、鄉村歌曲,還有現在的牧場工作裡遇到它 It comes from the verb wrangle它來自動詞wrangle which first meant to argue noisily這個字原本是指大聲爭吵 and then came to mean to round up and control animals後來才變成指把動物趕在一起並控制牠們 so a wrangler is someone who handles animals that do not want to be handled所以wrangler就是負責處理那些不想被處理的動物的人

    That has spread by joke into other jobs: on a film set the person who looks after the animals is the dog wrangler or snake wrangler, and people now say things like "data wrangler" or "I was wrangling toddlers all afternoon" for any job of keeping unruly things in order.

    That has spread by joke into other jobs這個用法後來開玩笑似地延伸到其他工作上 on a film set在片場 the person who looks after the animals is the dog wrangler or snake wrangler負責照顧動物的人就叫dog wrangler(狗保姆)或snake wrangler(蛇保姆) and people now say things like 'data wrangler' or 'I was wrangling toddlers all afternoon'人們現在也會說'data wrangler'(資料整理員)或'I was wrangling toddlers all afternoon'(我整個下午都在應付一群小小孩) for any job of keeping unruly things in order泛指任何要把難搞的東西整理得井井有條的工作

    Note also that Wrangler is a famous jeans brand, named for exactly this cowboy meaning, and Jeep sells a car called a Wrangler — so in Taiwan students often meet the brand before the job.

    Note also另外要注意 that Wrangler is a famous jeans brand Wrangler是個有名的牛仔褲品牌 named for exactly this cowboy meaning正是取自這個牛仔的意思命名的 and Jeep sells a car called a Wrangler而Jeep也有一款車叫Wrangler so in Taiwan students often meet the brand before the job所以在台灣,學生常常是先認識這個品牌,才認識這個職業的意思

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組成wrangle (to round up and manage animals; originally to argue) + -er (a person who does it). The -er ending goes back through Old English to a Latin ending -arius, the same "person who does this" ending you see in baker and farmer.

同家族的字

  • wranglethe verb it is built from — to round up and handle animals, or to argue
  • bakerthe same -er ending: the person who does the action

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

wranglernoun/ˈɹæŋɡləː/

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    Someone who wrangles or corrals.

    • And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly.
  • 2

    A brawler or disputant.

    • The Seas and Windes (old Wranglers) tooke a Truce, / And did him ſeruice; he touch'd the Ports desir'd,
  • 3

    A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses.

    • Even as I stretched my arms and shivered a little, the two wranglers threw down their tin plates with a clatter, mounted horses and rode away in the direction of the thousand acres or so known as the pasture.
  • 4

    A cowboy who takes care of tourists.

  • 5

    An animal handler or trainer.

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    educationA student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.

    • During all this excursion, she condescended to say civil things to him: she quoted Italian and French poetry to the poor bewildered lad, and persisted that he was a fine scholar, and was perfectly sure he would gain a gold medal, and be a Senior Wrangler.
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    derogatoryeducationA special education teacher.

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    A groom.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。