surname, early 13c., probably an agent noun from walk (v.) in the sense "to full cloth." preserves the cloth-fulling sense (walker with this meaning is attested from c. 1300). "Walker" or "Hookey Walker" was a common slang retort of incredulity in early and mid-19c. London, for which "Various problematic explanations have been offered" [Century Dictionary].
"Is it?" said Scrooge. "Go and buy it."
"Walk-ER!" exclaimed the boy.
"No, no," said Scrooge. "I am in earnest" (etc.)
[Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"]
实用例句
1. Rioch knows the big clubs have been sniffing around Andy Walker.
里奥克知道那些大俱乐部一直在企图挖走安迪·沃克。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill.
沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys.
