名詞 wright:

1. United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
   同義詞：Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine
2. United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
   同義詞：Richard Wright
3. United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
   同義詞：Wilbur Wright
4. United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
   同義詞：Orville Wright
5. influential United States architect (1869-1959)
   同義詞：Frank Lloyd Wright
6. United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
   同義詞：Frances Wright, Fanny Wright
7. someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

1. House Speaker Jim Wright yesterday threw down the budget gauntlet before President-elect George Bush, telling him he must decide whether to raise taxes or reduce military spending or Congress will do it for him.
   眾院議長賴特向總統(tǒng)當(dāng)選人布什擲下預(yù)算挑戰(zhàn)書，要總統(tǒng)當(dāng)選人布什必須決定增稅或削減軍費(fèi)，否則國會就要越俎代皰。
2. Mr Wright is a centralist. For him London is the only possible source of political, economic and social health. And those who don't touch their forelocks at the mention of London, he despises.
   賴特先生是個集權(quán)制擁護(hù)者，在他看來，倫敦是政治，經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會興旺的唯一發(fā)源地，對那些在提及倫敦時不肅然起敬的人，他很蔑視。

wright

n.（名詞）
One that constructs or repairs something. Often used in combination:
制作者，工匠：建造或修理東西的人，常用在復(fù)合詞中：
例句：
a playwright; a shipwright.
劇作家；修船工

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English wryhta * see werg-
源自 古英語 wryhta *參見 werg-