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单词 lampist
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lampistn.

/ˈlampɪst/
Etymology: < French lampiste, < lampe : see lamp n.1 and -ist suffix.
1. One skilled in, or employed in, the construction or management of lamps.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > one who makes or looks after
lamp-man1704
lampist1839
lamps1866
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 735 The operations of the lampist..belong to a treatise upon handicraft trades.
1855 Silliman in Cone & Johns Petrolia (1870) iv. 64 I have submitted the lamp burning Petroleum to the inspection of the most experienced lampists who were accessible.
1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 124 One of the difficulties with which lampists have had to struggle was, to [etc.].
2. (See quot. 1887.)Apparently an isolated use.
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1887 C. J. Ribton-Turner Vagrants & Vagrancy xxvii. 559 Allampadati, or Lampists, who during Passion Week and at the great festivals begged oil for the lamps which are lighted in front of the host, or the images of the virgin.
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