| 释义 |
chooser|ˈtʃuːzə(r)|
Forms: 4 cheser, 5 chesar, 6–8 chuser, 6– chooser.
[f. choose v. + -er1.]
One who chooses.
138.Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 413 Alle þes cheseris cannot telle wheþer þei han chose a fend. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 131 Beggars should be no choosers. 1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 40 The greedinesse of worldly chusers. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. vi. 11 Her selfe might be her chooser. 1678L'Estrange Seneca's Mor. (1702) 414 We cannot be the Chusers of our own Parents but of our Friends we may. 1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 425 Beggers must not be Chusers. 1870Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. l. 17 Pickers and choosers of God's words.
†b. spec. An elector. Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 309 He [schulde be pope] þat hadde þe more partye of þe chesers assentynge to his allectioun. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. i. vii. 16 The eliseurs or chesars ought more to pourueye to the wele of the offyce. 1642Chas. I, Answ. 19 Propos. Parl. 21 The people who chuse the Chusers. 1697View Penal Laws 320 None shall be Choosers or Voters, but such as can expend 40s. per annum. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 755 A College, or court of choosers or electors. 1805Ann. Rev. III. 289 The choosers vary every election. |