English-Thai Dictionary

errand

N งา นที่ ใช้ ให้ ทำ  การ ใช้ ให้ ไป ทำ ธุระ  ngan-ti-chai-ha-i tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ERRAND

n. 1. A verbal message; a mandate or order; something to be told or done; a communication to be made to some person at a distance. The servant was sent on an errand; he told his errand; he has done the errand. These are the most common modes of using this word.
I have a secret errand to thee, O King. Judges 3:19.
2. Any special business to be transacted by a messenger.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ERRAND

Er "rand, n. Etym: [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. ærende,ærend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, örendi, erendi, Sw. ärende, Dan. ærende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. örr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient. ]

 

Defn: A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. mission.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

errand

er rand |ˈerənd ˈɛrənd | ▶noun a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, often on someone else's behalf: she asked Tim to run an errand for her. • archaic the purpose or object of such a journey: she knew that if she stated her errand, she would not be able to see him. PHRASES errand of mercy a mission carried out to help someone in difficulty. ORIGIN Old English ǣrende ‘message, mission, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ārunti, and obscurely to Swedish ärende and Danish ærinde.

 

errand boy

er rand boy ▶noun dated a boy employed in a shop or office to make deliveries and run other errands. • informal a man who is in the lowest rank of an organization: Louis was Harry's errand boy, a gofer.

 

Oxford Dictionary

errand

er ¦rand |ˈɛr (ə )nd | ▶noun a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf: she asked Tim to run an errand for her. • the purpose or object of an errand: she knew that if she stated her errand she would not be able to see him. PHRASES errand of mercy a journey or mission carried out to help someone in difficulty or danger. ORIGIN Old English ǣrende ‘message, mission ’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ārunti, and obscurely to Swedish ärende and Danish ærinde.

 

errand boy

er ¦rand boy ▶noun dated a boy employed in a shop or office to make deliveries and run other errands.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

errand

errand noun one of my errands is to stop at the pharmacy for batteries: task, job, chore, assignment; collection, delivery; mission, undertaking.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

errand

errand noun he ran errands for local shopkeepers: task, job, chore, assignment; collection, delivery, shopping; trip, run, journey; mission, expedition; operation, undertaking, commission, business; Scottish message.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

errand

er rand /ér (ə )nd /名詞 複 ～s /-dz /C 1 使い , 使い走り ▸ send Mary on an errand to the supermarket メリーをスーパーに使いに出す ▸ run [do, go (out ) on ] an errand [errands ] for one's mother 母の使い走りをする 2 (使いの )用事 , 用件 ▸ do a quick errand 急ぎの用事を果たす g ò [be s è nt ] on a f ò ol's é rrand →fool's errand (→fool 1 ).～́ b ò y [g ì rl ]｟やや古 ｠(店 会社の )使い走りの少年 [少女 ](｟男女共用 ｠errand runner, messenger ).～̀ of m é rcy ｟文 ｠救難の旅, 苦難を癒 （いや ）すための旅 ; ｟おどけて ｠困っている人のためにする使い .