gaffer
n. 老人,鄉下老頭,領班
People use gaffer to refer to the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory.
The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.
工頭說他因為沒有按時履行合同而被罰款。
1. an elderly man
2. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
3. a person who exercises control over workers;
Nobody out there but some old gaffer with a cane.
外面沒別的人,就只有一個拄著柺棍的鄉下老頭.
I don't know what the gaffer will do if I'm late.
如果我遲到了,不知道教練會怎麼樣.
Gaffer was no neophyte and had no fancies.
老頭兒不是新手,他不會胡思亂想.
Gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson also recently refused to criticise Rooney.
老爺子也拒絕批評魯尼.
Maybe the current England gaffer was afraid that Mr. Beckham was a bigger name then his?
也許現在的英格蘭領班在擔心貝克漢姆的影響力比自己還大?