单词 | path-breaker |
释义 | > as lemmaspath-breaker path-breaker n. [compare German Bahnbrecher trail-blazer (late 18th cent.)] a person who or thing which opens up a path (literal and figurative), esp. a way for others to follow in a particular subject or field; a trailblazer, a pioneer. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > pioneering or breaking new ground > a pioneer pioneer1605 outstarter1738 advance guard1759 path-breaker1843 pathfinder1847 torch-bearer1847 path-hewer1879 pacesetter1895 pacemaker1905 trail-blazer1908 style-setter1959 1843 Knickerbocker 21 333 A new set of path-breakers arrived in sight. 1905 Daily Chron. 15 Nov. 4/3 A gentle path-breaker in her chosen..field of the delineation of child life and child millinery. 2002 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 30 Sept. 63 Australia would be a path-breaker if it did move to eliminate the bond market. < as lemmas |
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