请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 flusher
释义

flushern.1

Brit. /ˈflʌʃə/, U.S. /ˈfləʃər/
Etymology: < flush v.2 + -er suffix1.
One who is employed to flush sewers.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] > clearing drain or sewer > one who
scourer?1518
flusherman1851
flusher1882
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 June 1/2 Superintendent of flushers.

Derivatives

ˈflusherman n. a sewer-flusher.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] > clearing drain or sewer > one who
scourer?1518
flusherman1851
flusher1882
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 28/1 The policeman on duty there wears huge..flushermen's boots.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 151/1 I received a similar account to this from one of the London flushermen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flushern.2

Brit. /ˈflʌʃə/, U.S. /ˈfləʃər/
Forms: Also flasher.
Etymology: of uncertain origin; by some regarded as a corruption of flesher n.1 (compare the synonym butcher-bird ); by others referred to flush v.2, the name being supposed to refer to the red colour. Compare also flush v.1
dialect.
The Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike) > genus Lanius > lanius collurio
flusher1674
horse-match1848
pope1885
1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 83 The lesser Butcher-bird, called in Yorkshire, Flusher, Lanius tertius.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 48 Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)..Flasher or Flusher (Cornwall).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.11851n.21674
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/24 2:48:42