messenger

Word family

mes·sen·ger1 /ˈmesɪndʒə, -sən- $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1. INFORMATIONMESSAGEsomeone whose job is to deliver messages or documents, or someone who takes a message to someone else 送信者，信使；通信员

2. blame/shoot the messenger ANGRYto be angry with the person who tells you about something bad, instead of the person who caused it to happen 责备/迁怒于送信人〔指没有责怪肇事者，而是迁怒于传递消息者〕

Examples from the Corpus

blame/shoot the messenger• Criticising Alan for saying how well scum are playing is a bit like shooting the messenger who brings bad news.

Examples from the Corpus

messenger• In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way.• Deaver also appeared to act as a messenger between the First lady and her husband, and sometimes even as a surrogate.• When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency.• The role chosen by the teacher here is as neutral as possible, to avoid confrontation, effectively a messenger.• Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead.• He placed the bet by messenger.• Those signals are carried from nerve cell to nerve cell by chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.• He will let my messenger go, I am sure.• Conrad of Speyer was charged with executing one messenger and detaining others.• The king's messenger stayed in Rome for further talks.• The weaver shook his head but the messenger dared not leave his door till his master's errand had been fulfilled.• Fedora Barbieri with Hina Spani in the role of the messenger.

messenger2 verb [transitiveT]

to send a letter, package etc somewhere using a messenger 差送信人[信使]传送

Origin messenger