| 释义 |
exerciser|ˈɛksəsaɪzə(r)|
[f. exercise v. + -er1.]
One who or that which exercises.
1. In senses of the vb. Const. of.
1552Huloet s.v., Exerciser of anye of these fiue games. 1604Const. & Canons Eccl. cxxvi, Possessours & Exercisers of peculiar Iurisdiction. c1619Hieron Wks. I. 16 Crosses..are trialls of faith, exercisers of patience. 1686J. Sergeant Monast. Conventions 11 They [the monks of St. Basil] became so industrious, that their Monastery was called the place of Exercise, and they the Exercisers. 1805W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 240 Excellent sharp-shooters and exercisers. 1831Blackw. Mag. XXIX. 146 The..virtual exercisers of the elective privilege. 1864Dickens in Daily Tel. 12 May, [The player's] is not a vocation the exerciser of which can profit by the labours of others.
2. An apparatus for exercising the limbs, etc.
1889The Voice (N.Y.) 3 Oct. Advt., The best health exerciser on the market. Mod. A.B. and Co's Home-exerciser. |