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单词 case-maker
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case-maker
case-maker n. (a) a person who makes cases (in various senses); (b) Zoology an insect larva that constructs a protective case around itself; any of various insects, esp. moths of the family Bucculatrigidae and caddisflies, having such larvae; cf. casebearer n. and caseworm n.
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a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 688/16 Hic cassarius, a casmaker.
1664 S. Pepys Diary 27 Aug. (1971) IV. 255 Thence to my Case-maker for my Stone-case.
1851 Zoologist 9 3178 He had also observed on the same trees larvæ of C[oleophora] nigricella..; another case-maker which fed at the base of the leave; and a fourth, with a very rough case.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Case-maker, a carpenter who makes wooden packing-cases for shipping goods.
1919 Boston Sunday Globe 15 June 44/2 (advt.) Bookbinders wanted, two head-banders and liners-up, one caser-in, one case maker.
1936 R. W. Doane et al. Forest Insects 305 Ribbed casemakers. The larvae of the members of the family Lyonetiidae are leaf miners or live in webs between the leaves.
2004 G. B. Wiggins Caddisflies x. 167/2 These [brachycentrid] larvae are rare examples of a case-maker adopting filter-feeding behaviour.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Nov. b4/6 Some of the craft experts interviewed include a case maker, a plate fitter,..a stringer and a fine tuner.
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