单词 | shoveller |
释义 | shovellern.1 One who shovels. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with tools > with spade or shovel shovellerc1440 shovel-man1559 spademan1559 spader1647 shooler1830 shovel1834 α. β. 1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 i. 105 The labourer with the spade—or ‘shooler’, as he is called—commences his work by throwing out a furrow.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 448/2 Schoveler..tribularius. 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea iv. 60 She..stood dripping with her load in the presence of the shoveller. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 27 It is advisable to provide one shoveller to each two diggers in the third relief. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). shovellern.2 a. = shovelard n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea > platalea leucorodia shovelardc1440 shovellerc1460 shovel1580 shovel-bill1864 shovel-duck1893 α. β. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxv. 113 The Shouler, which so shakes the ayre with saily wings.c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 541 Also for bustard betowre & shovelere, gamelyn is in sesoun. a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.iiv The shouelar with his brode bek. a1563 V. Leigh Moste Profitable Sci. Surueying (1577) sig. D jv The like Rente, maie be and in some Mannours, is of Herneshawes, Shouelors, &c. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 131 The Shovler. 1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise i. xvi. 56 Water foule, as the Mallard, Shoueler [1634 Shoveler], Sheldrake. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 103 Ardea Alba..the white, and spoon-bill'd Heron, or Shoveler. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxviii. 343 The shoveler, or spoon-bill (which has some affinity to the cranes) is about the size of a goose. b. ¶Erroneously applied to the Pelican. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Pelecanidae (pelican) onocrotalusc1384 pelicana1398 shoveller1552 alcatras1555 onocrotal1609 carrier bird1728 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Pelicanus, a byrde called a pelicane, or shouelar. 2. ‘From the latter half of the 17th century’ (Newton Dict. Birds 841) applied to the Spoonbill Duck, Spatula (or Rhynchaspis) clypeata, a bird with a broad shovel-like beak. Also shoveller duck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas clypeata (shoveller) shoveller1674 swaddle-bill1709 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 96 The Shoveler: Anas platyrynchos, sive clypeata. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shuffler, a Bird like, but not so big as a Duck, having a broader Bill. 1733 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 449 The Blue-wing'd Shoveler. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 155 The Shoveler..weighs twenty-two ounces. 1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 241 Shoveller Duck. Anas clypeata, Linn. 1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 184 The beak is thus very inferior as a sifter to that of the shoveller. 1878 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1 446 Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller; Spoon-bill Duck. 3. Heraldry. A representation of a ‘shoveller’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds eaglec1380 swana1400 phoenix?a1425 pelicana1430 ravena1450 merlette1451 popinjayc1460 eagletc1494 merliona1500 martletc1519 merlion?a1549 spread eagle1550 meropie1572 spread eaglet1602 alerion1625 liver1668 shoveller1780 eagle in her majesty?1828 double eagle1861 hirondelle1880 pelican in her piety1885 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 25 Beareth to hys creste a shouelard Argente (misprinted a shouelar d'Argente).] 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Shoveller, a species of water-fowl, somewhat like the duck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † shovellern.3 Obsolete. rare. ? The Shovel-head Shark. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Squalidae centrine1661 shoveller1664 sagree1752 hoe1805 spine shark1836 skittle-dog1862 pricker1890 dog1924 1664 R. Hubert Catal. Nat. Rarities 13 Whole Fishes. A Shoveller or Blew Sharke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。