单词 | torcher |
释义 | torchern.1ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries torch-bearer1538 mussalchee1610 torchera1616 torch-mana1618 mussal1852 flambeau-bearer1859 torch-carrier1864 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 162 Ere twice the horses of the sunne shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnall ring. View more context for this quotation 2. One who fishes by torchlight: see torch v.1 3. U.S. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). torchern.2 A workman employed in torching. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > roofer > tiler or slater > involved in specific process torcher1851 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. 25 The wages of workmen.., as..mud-plasterers, torchers, excavators, and barrow-men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). torchern.3 U.S. slang. = torch singer n. at torch n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of other types of music > [noun] > others mourner1631 catcher1652 monodist1751 pennill singer1784 folk-singer1898 moaner1927 bluesman1930 calypsonian1934 torch singer1934 lieder-singer1936 torcher1940 country singer1953 protest singer1966 ragga1997 1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xli. 317 A handsome..torcher who could sing as if she meant it. 1975 J. Gores Hammett xxii. 147 A colored band..was backing a torcher. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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