| 单词 | picker-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspicker-up picker-up n. a person who picks something up (in various senses); esp. (a) (chiefly Australian and New Zealand) a person who picks up shorn fleeces; (b) a person who picks up game shot by a shooting party. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up > one who lifter1535 picker-up1611 upheaver1872 picker-upper1913 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > sheep-shearer > fleece-picker picker-up1611 fleece-picker1861 fleece-o1894 piece picker1899 the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > one who accumulator1611 amasser1617 picker-up1857 pack rat1912 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant at hunt > other attendants marker1486 stopper1848 flapper1856 picker-up1977 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chaulmeur, a gatherer, or picker vp, of straw. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxiv. 159 Indissolubly annex'd by the picker up, to the thing pick'd up. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. x. 140 I dislike a picker-up of old words worse than a picker-up of old rags. 1870 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 12 Nov. 13/4 The woolpress-men—the fleece-rollers—the pickers-up—the yarders—the washers' cooks—the hut cooks—the spare shepherds..all..paid off. 1940 Ess. & Stud. 25 111 The picker-up of unconsidered historical trifles. 1977 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 13–19 Jan. 22/1 There are plenty of pickers-up on this shoot, and little is lost. 1993 Common Ground Sept. 5/1 I do all the work. I'm the designated cleaner up, picker up, and cooker up. 1999 Shooting Gaz. Nov. 46/3 You will need to give the picker-up every possible assistance in helping achieve a swift and humane retrieve of all shot game. < as lemmas |
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