1580s, "elderly rustic," apparently (based on continental analogies) a contraction of godfather (compare gammer). Originally a term of respect, also applied familiarly; from "old man" it was extended by 1841 to foremen and supervisors, which sense carried over in early 20c. to "electrician in charge of lighting on a film set."
双语例句
1. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.
工头说他因为没有按时履行合同而被罚款。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I don't know what the gaffer will do if I'm late.
如果我迟到了,不知道教练会怎么样.
来自电影对白
3. Nobody out there but some old gaffer with a cane.
外面没别的人,就只有一个拄着拐棍的乡下老头.
来自互联网
4. Gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson also recently refused to criticise Rooney.
老爷子也拒绝批评鲁尼.
来自互联网
5. That ( old ) gaffer going into the pub is 90 years old.
