| 单词 | gerund-grinder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgerund-grinder gerund-grinder n. one who instructs in Latin grammar; a pedantic teacher. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > other schoolteachers gerund-grinder1710 hedge-schoolmaster1830 grammatist1850 discipline master1863 quizmaster1878 careers master1943 1710 Fanatick Feast 6 The next was Cl——s, the walking Gerund-grinder, a noisie wrangling Sophist. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxxii. 115 Here is the glass for pedagogues,..gerund-grinders and bear-leaders to view themselves in. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 38/1 An inanimate, mechanical Gerund-grinder. 1882 Macmillan's Mag. 45 232 The man of theory will always continue to think and speak of the professed pedagogue as a ‘gerund-grinder’. < as lemmas |
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