| 单词 | pattern-setter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspattern-setter pattern-setter n. (a) a person who decides the manner of filling up a lace or other pattern already designed and stamped (now historical ); (b) gen. a person who or thing which establishes a pattern or precedent. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > processes involved in > one who pattern-setter1843 1843 Penny Mag. Mar. 118/2 When the stamper has imprinted on the net the outlines of the device, a ‘pattern-setter’ decides on the manner in which the pattern shall be filled up. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience i. 6 We must make search..for the original experiences which were the pattern-setters to all this mass of suggested feeling and imitated conduct. 1996 Industr. & Labour Relations Rev. 49 686/2 To the extent that the auto industry is a pattern-setter, this divergence would have ramifications for other manufacturing industries as well. < as lemmas |
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