| 单词 | civil engineer |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivil engineer civil engineer n. an engineer specializing in non-military building and construction; spec. one who designs, constructs, and maintains large public works, especially those relating to social infrastructure, such as bridges, railways, tunnels, dams, airports, power stations, etc.; see engineer n. 3.Originally so called in distinction to engineer n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [noun] engineera1500 enginist1579 mechanician1621 mechanic1662 machinist1706 civil engineer1763 mechanist1806 machine-maker1813 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > civil engineer engineer1722 civil engineer1763 structural engineer1867 1749 Present Taxes 57 He must proceed by one of these two ways, which are common both to Military and Civil Engineers; that is, he must either work by Sap and Undermining, or attack by open Force.] 1763 T. Mortimer Universal Director ii. 72 Smeaton, John F. R. S. Surveyor and Civil Engineer. a1792 Smeaton Rep. (1797) I. Pref. 7 The first meeting of this new institution, the Society of civil engineers, was held on the 15th of April 1793. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Introd. 8 My profession of a civil Engineer. 1836 Hull & Selby Railw. Act 102 A civil engineer of eminence. 1936 Times 23 June 5/5 He spent some years as a civil engineer with railway companies and elsewhere. 1998 A. Chaudhuri Freedom Song (1999) 137 They were civil engineers..; the country needed dams, bridges, roads and pylons as it grew. < as lemmas |
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