1825, "thief" (especially one who roughs up his victims), from hustle (v.) + -er (1). Sense of "energetic worker" (especially, but not originally, a salesman) is from 1884; sense of "prostitute" dates from 1924.
雙語例句
1. He's a real hustler.
他是個真正有才干的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. To him the big trunk hustler was a subject for private contempt.
他私下里很瞧不起這個替人搬箱子的大個子家伙.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
3. There's nothing worse than a hustler with bad timing.
再也沒有比一個沒有時間觀念的皮條客更壞的事情了.
來自電影對白
4. Stay away from Jason. He's just a two - bit hustler.
別接近賈森, 他只是個不高明(注:本義為價值兩角五分)的騙子.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Our neighbors paid thousands of dollars to that hustler.