单词 | macerator |
释义 | maceratorn. 1. A person who macerates or mortifies the body. rare. ΚΠ 1891 A. T. Drane Hist. St. Dominic 167 A man of rare abstinence, the frequent macerator of his own body. 2. A vessel or machine used for the process of maceration. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > pulping apparatus masticator1824 pulper1853 macerator1912 1891 in Cent. Dict. Macerator. 1912 Publishers' Circular 12 Oct. 503 Then the macerator, the greatest consumer of contemporary literature, takes them [sc. books] to its bosom. 1986 Do it Yourself June 35/2 Install one of the new macerators which are electrically operated and can discharge the waste into much smaller pipework than normal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891 |
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