| 单词 | backer-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbacker-up b. backer-up: a person who backs or backs up (something or somebody) (see back v. 8). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who uptakera1340 holder-upc1374 upbearer1387 bearera1398 undernimmera1400 weighera1400 upholderc1403 ally1406 allya1431 godfather?1541 propper1549 tower of strength1549 backer1583 moyener?1591 backfriend1599 stayer1611 suppositor1629 susceptor1652 standby1712 bottle holder1788 understander1875 buddy1893 anchorman1895 backer-up1921 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §524 Backer-up, prepares back of copper shell received from electrotyper..by brushing it with acid. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 617 Given a backer-up, if one were forthcoming. 1924 Census 1921: Classif. Industries §481 Backer-up [1927 Dict. Occup. Terms §499 'assists sawyer to push wood up to power-driven circular saw']. 1952 R. Sherbrooke-Walker Khaki & Blue vi. 56 In referring to the part-time Air Force defenders, the expressive, if homely, title of ‘Backers-up’ was to yield place to ‘Station Personnel’. 1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks v. 124 The accomplice of a woman who works a ginger on a client—i.e. robs him—is a backer-up, and the practice is called backing up. < as lemmas |
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