单词 | scrutineer |
释义 | scrutineern. 1. One whose duty it is to scrutinize or examine; esp. one who acts as an examiner of votes at an election, etc. Also, spec. in Motor Racing and Motor-boat Racing, an official who inspects a car or boat in order to ensure that it complies with the regulations. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > person conducting searchera1382 inseerc1438 intracer?a1475 inquisitor?1504 investigator1538 peruser1549 tracer1552 scrutineer1557 examinant1587 revisitor1594 examiner?1608 examinator1612 researcher1615 indagator1620 ferret1629 pryer1674 probator1691 disquisitor1766 grubber1776 prober1777 grubbler1813 detective1850 expiscator1882 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > election officials scrutator1618 scrutineer1682 scrutinator1691 returning officer1728 presiding officer1745 viander1751 warden1763 poll clerk1783 canvasser1792 polling clerk1833 tally-clerk1890 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > scrutineer scrutineer1932 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > scrutineering > one who scrutineer1972 1557 T. Wrothe et al. Let. 29 Sept. in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford (1574) p. clxxiii The saide ministers or minister offendinge ,to be monished off his faulte accordinge to the discretion off the Scrutiners. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. i. iv. 182 Else what neede the Canon either the Fathers consent, or the scrutiner to begin with placet vobis? 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 229 The scrutineers of the poll relating to the lord mayor have mett severall times. 1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Bviiiv There [shall] be..elected..ij Scruteners to gather in the Legacies. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 102 The balloting began at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and ended at Six, when the scrutineers reported to the Directors. 1811 P. B. Shelley St. Irvyne iii. 81 He gazed on the mysterious scrutineer who stood before him. 1894 Proc. Incorp. Assoc. Municipal Engineers 20 3 The Scrutineers report the result of the voting as follows. 1932 S. C. H. Davis Motor Racing xxii. 270 Caracciola's Mercédès was rejected by the scrutineers. 1963 Times 4 June 14/7 The scrutineers' protest was upheld and both cars ruled ineligible. 1968 Guardian 19 Mar. 9/3 In the windy entrance lobby..there is a photograph of Mr Novotny... There is also a lady of the militia... Once past these two scrutineers you cross a yard.., and enter the works proper. 1972 C. Mudie Motor Boats 150 Other boats will begin to arrive with tall tales of fantastic practice performances and all will build up to scrutineering the day before the race. Each boat has to present itself to a team of scrutineers who will check the hull and machinery. 1976 Church Times 16 July 6/5 A passport to immortality consisting of ‘Cranford’, ‘Cousin Phillis’ and ‘Wives and Daughters’ is convincing enough in all conscience for the most demanding of literary scrutineers. 2. (With capital initial.) A contributor to Scrutiny, a literary journal edited by F. R. Leavis (see Leavisian adj. and n.), and others, between 1932 and 1953; a follower of Leavis. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > specific schools of writers > writer belonging to Alexandrian1818 cockney1818 Satanist1823 spasmodista1849 Phosphorist1859 Félibre1876 sensitive1891 sensitivist1891 Alexandrine1904 Bloomsburian1927 Bloomsburyite1933 scrutineer1958 1958 J. Raymond in Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. xxxii/1 The difficulty of writing on a general theme like this is to decide at the beginning just what we are attempting to discuss... The Situation (desperate of course) of the Contemporary Writer? The Collapse of the Essay?.. Scrutineers All—and After? 1978 J. Marcus in Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 528/5 The Scrutineers have taught generations of British students that Virginia Woolf was a snob. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). scrutineerv. transitive. In Motor Racing and Motor-boat Racing: to inspect (a car or boat) in order to ensure that it complies with the regulations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > race boats [verb (transitive)] > inspect for compliance with regulations scrutineer1930 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > race motors [verb (transitive)] > inspect for compliance with regulations scrutineer1930 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies x. 175 Changed the whole engine over after they'd been scrutineered. Anyone else would have been disqualified. 1932 S. C. H. Davis Motor Racing xxii. 270 That..served to emphasize..the weakness of scrutineering on the day before the race. Derivatives scrutiˈneering n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > scrutineering scrutineering1971 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > scrutineer > scrutineering scrutineering1971 1971 Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/1 The scrutineering area for checking whether cars comply with regulations. 1971 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 13 Apr. 1/3 The margin on the road was four points, but the gap was narrowed when the two Datsuns went to scrutineering. 1972 C. Mudie Motor Boats 150 Other boats will begin to arrive with tall tales of fantastic practice performances and all will build up to scrutineering the day before the race. Each boat has to present itself to a team of scrutineers who will check the hull and machinery. 1972 C. Mudie Motor Boats 150 (caption) The scrutineering team check each boat before an important race. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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