| 单词 | taker-down |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaker-down taker-down n. [after to take down at take v. Phrasal verbs 1] ΚΠ 1672 J. Horn Comfortable Corroborative Cordial 94 Those Waters he gives, and the Medicine he affords, will spring up and effect in the receiver and taker down thereof, Life in Death, even Eternal Life. 1775 S. Neville Diary 4 Nov. (1950) x. 236 It..has so many blunders & inaccuracies, partly his own & partly of the taker-down. 1820 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 467 The setter up and taker down of kings. 1871 Temple Bar Jan. 181 He enjoyed a great reputation in the regiment, and passed for a regular taker-down of swaggerers. 1915 National Mag. Mar. 944/2 Visscher was associated with George D. Prentice, as a taker-down of sharp sayings and poetic inspiration. 1993 R. Frances Politics of Work vi. 119 Even the most ‘highly skilled’ women—the sewers and takers-down of letterpress—received a mere 20 shillings. 2011 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 19 Nov. r3 Are you an early decorator, or a late taker-down, or both? < as lemmas |
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