英语词汇“flusher”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	flusher
释义	▪ I. flusher¹\|ˈflʌʃə(r)\| [f. as prec. + -er¹.] One who is employed to flush sewers. 1882Pall Mall G. 12 June 1/2 Superintendent of flushers. Hence ˈflusherman, a sewer-flusher. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 28 The policeman on duty there wears huge..flushermen's boots.Ibid. II. 151. ▪ II. flusher² dial.\|ˈflʌʃə(r)\| Also flasher. [of uncertain origin; by some regarded as a corruption of flesher (cf. the synonym butcher-bird); by others referred to flush v.², the name being supposed to refer to the red colour. Cf. also flush v.¹] The Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio. 1674Ray Eng. Words 83 The lesser Butcher-bird, called in Yorkshire, Flusher, Lanius tertius.1885Swainson Prov. Names Brit. Birds 48 Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)..Flasher or Flusher (Cornwall).
随便看	over-mourn overmuch over-muck overmuse overname over-neat overner overnet over-nice over-nigh overnight over night overnighter overnim overnoint over-note over-number over-nurse over-office over-officious over-often over-old over-open overpaint overpainted

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