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wreck·er
/ˈrɛkɚ/
尋覓失事船隻者
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wreck·er
n.
1.
One
who
causes
a
wreck
,
as
by
false
lights
,
and
the
like
.
2.
One
who
searches
fro
,
or
works
upon
,
the
wrecks
of
vessels
,
etc
.
Specifically
:
(a)
One
who
visits
a
wreck
for
the
purpose
of
plunder
.
(b)
One
who
is
employed
in
saving
property
or
lives
from
a
wrecked
vessel
,
or
in
saving
the
vessel
;
as
,
the
wreckers
of
Key
West
.
3.
A
vessel
employed
by
wreckers
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
wrecker
n
1:
someone
who
demolishes
or
dismantles
buildings
as
a
job
2:
someone
who
commits
sabotage
or
deliberately
causes
wrecks
[
syn
:
saboteur
,
diversionist
]
3:
a
truck
equipped
to
hoist
and
pull
wrecked
cars
(
or
to
remove
cars
from
no-parking
zones
) [
syn
:
tow truck
, {
tow
car
]
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