单词 | treader |
释义 | treadern. 1. a. One who or that which treads, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > grape-treader treaderc1384 stampera1425 treadsman1519 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Amos ix. 13 The erer shal cacche the reper, and treder of grape the man sendynge seed. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Lenobates, a treader of grapes. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 33 Hence, sparrow treaders liue out scarce a year. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 69 The Gothes and Vandales, the verie treaders downe of the Romane Empire. 1760 W. Law Spirit of Prayer ii. 112 The seed of the woman, the treader on the serpent's head. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. ii. 54 A treader of mortar, or a bearer of a hod. 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 3 More grapes were now thrown in, and again the treaders set to work. 1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Tredder, a cock-bird, but generally applied to a [domestic] cock. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > one who walks before his master treader1552 apparitor1561 anteambulo1598 antecedent1608 anteman1638 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Anteambulo,..the vssher or treader that goeth before his maister. c. One who is on the treadmill. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > steady, continuous, or dull > one who > as on a treadmill treader1824 1824 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 304 A treader, untried by a jury of his countrymen,..striving against the law of gravity. 2. = treadle n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > [noun] > operated by foot treadle14.. treddle1671 footstep1678 footboard1721 treader1747 pedal1789 treadle mat1937 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 16/1 A wheel, to which motion was given by the foot by means of a treadle or treader. 3. = tread n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > tread tread1712 flat1793 step-board1823 treader1881 stair-tread1919 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1321 If a garden step or any other step with a treader of stone is required to be made. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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