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单词 rasper
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raspern.

Brit. /ˈrɑːspə/, /ˈraspə/, U.S. /ˈræspər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rasp v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < rasp v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. A person who or thing which rasps or grates something; spec. a machine for rasping beetroot, potatoes, etc.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [noun] > one who or that which grinds
pounder1611
rasper1611
triturator1864
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes
river?c1475
melter1511
sinker1526
folder up1552
wiper1552
scourer1574
heaver1587
stoverc1600
rasper1611
ripper1611
roller1616
smearer1632
waterleadera1650
scooper1668
smiter1670
puncher1681
staker1688
crusher1794
hardener1796
reamer1822
piledriver1826
catcher1832
waterproofer1837
middler1847
culler1850
hanger-on1858
pitcher1865
bumper1871
fine liner1871
bricksetter1883
waxer1890
bottle-oh1898
edger1909
bottle-o-er1915
caster1921
recycler1970
linesperson1973
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > grater for beets or other roots
rasp1831
rasper1882
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > rasping-machine
rasping mill1663
rasping machine1831
rasper1882
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Racleur, a scraper, a rasper, a grater.
1725 London Gaz. No. 6382/11 Richard Sill,..Harthorn-Rasper.
1788 Reveries of Heart I. v. 17 'Tis that rather than be constantly idle, I would be a coal-heaver in London, a miner in Cornwal, or a rasper of logwood in Holland.
1797 J. Jones Med., Philos. & Vulgar Errors 198 He ought to have told us that the bandages were made out of the scorched and burnt fibres of the arms of those filers and raspers, and not from cowhide, or some other such materials.
1800 M. A. Hanway Andrew Stuart I. iv. 73 ‘Did he so,’ interrupted an arch fellow, a rasper of beards (who had listened to the dialogue, as he swallowed his pennyworth of purl in a corner).
1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 17 The wages due to the sawyers, planers, and raspers.
1882 Spons' Encycl. Manuf. 1824 The potatoes are introduced by the hopper, and are forced..against the short saw-like teeth of the rasper.
1908 Amer. Anthropologist 10 684/1 Discusses an angular neolithic rasper or grater (for use on wood, etc.) found in the Dunois in 1907.
1976 Ann. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. 42 400 This material could serve as a rasper, scraper, or rubbing stone.
2001 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 15 Apr. 7 A piece of machinery known as a rasper apparently broke down, igniting the rubber it was dicing up.
2. Hunting. A high fence which is difficult to jump. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > riding after hounds > type of fence
timber1791
rasper1812
stopper1832
jump1858
oxer1859
flying fence1883
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 232 Having to surmount in every field, what in sporting phrase is denominated a Rasper.
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 79 Many raspers and bullfinches were cleared by the little Shetlands.
1885 H. M. Milner Turpin's Ride to York ii. iv. 9 A stiff fence, captain; a regular rasper beyond the hill's side.
1929 H. A. Vachell Virgin iii. 53 In front was a big solid fence, a rasper.
1989 A. Morrow Picnic in Foreign Land iv. 47 As they faced a notorious fence would ask each other apprehensively: ‘This is a real rasper, do we jump it or face Mummie?’
3. slang.
a. A person or thing of harsh or unpleasant character. Obsolete.
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1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lvii. 565 He's what you may a-call a rasper, is Nickleby.
1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. xii. 305 Ephraim Tigg of Stockwell!.. I thought so. And so you've found out again that he's a Rasper, have you?
1886 Field 27 Feb. 256/3 Bess o' the Nook is a puppy... Her [greyhound hare] course with Carsehill was such a rasper that there was little hope for her in the final [race].
b. Anything remarkable or extraordinary; (now) esp. (Sport) a powerful, fast-moving shot or ball.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing
starOE
dainty1340
daisyc1485
say-piece1535
bravery1583
paragon1585
daint1633
rapper1653
supernaculum1704
dandy1785
roarer1813
sneezer1823
plum1825
trimmer1827
sockdolager1838
rasper1844
dinger1861
job1863
fizzer1866
champagne1880
beauty1882
pie1884
twanger1889
smasher1894
crackerjack1895
Taj Mahal1895
beaut1896
pearler1901
lollapalooza1904
bearcat1909
beaner1911
grande dame1915
Rolls-Royce1916
the nuts1917
pipperoo1939
rubydazzler1941
rumpty1941
rumptydooler1941
snodger1941
sockeroo1942
sweetheart1942
zinger1955
blue-chipper1957
ring-a-ding1959
premier cru1965
sharpie1970
stormer1978
1844 Spirit of Times 19 Oct. 403/2 She promises to be a perfect ‘rasper’, and will have some ‘tall’ chronicling in the ‘Spirit’ before all of her yarn is spun.
1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 16 His bat at cricket was a rasper.
1923 Times 1 Sept. 6/3 He succeeded in giving only one, which Tollemache dropped; however, he made up for that by catching a rasper close to his toes early in the match!
1965 Times 14 Oct. 5/5 Barrett, after an uncertain first half, stopped some raspers in goal in the second.
1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! II. 52 Rasper, another expression of excellence; often describes a good goal in football.
2007 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 58 Aiden McGeady forced the Rangers keeper into a save with a 25-yard rasper, while another whizzing shot was off target by only inches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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