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单词 water carrier
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water carriern.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌkarɪə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌkɛriər/, /ˈwɑdər ˌkɛriər/
Forms: see water n. and carrier n.1 I.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., carrier n.1 I.
Etymology: < water n. + carrier n.1 I. Compare earlier water-bearer n.With sense 1c(a) compare German Wasserträger lackey (second half of the 18th cent.; already in Old High German as wazzardregera (plural noun), glossing classical Latin lixa lix n.). In sense 1c(b) probably originally after German Wasserträger (1982 or earlier in a football context, 1962 or earlier in a cycling (Tour de France) context), specific sense development of Wasserträger lackey (the use in quot. 1993 is by Bernhard Carl (‘Bert’) Trautmann (1923–2013), German professional footballer who played for Manchester City), in later use probably partly (in quots. 1996, 2006) after French porteur d'eau (1969 or earlier in a cycling context, 1982 or earlier in a football context).
1.
a. A person who or animal which carries water; spec. (esp. in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia) a person who supplies water to troops or a place.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water
water-bearereOE
water drawereOE
tankard-bearer?1518
water carrier1532
water drawer1574
water-worker1579
water-caster1610
waterman1615
tankard-womana1667
water pumper1708
watering-man1791
water boy1823
pani-wallah1934
1532 Churchwardens' Accts. Heybridge, Essex in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 182 Item, for the water-carier.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 140 He sawe an image of a mayden in copper, in the temple of the mother of the goddes..which they called the Hydrophora: as much to saye, as the water carier [Fr. la fille hydrophore (qui est adire portant leaue); Gk. ὑδροϕόρον].
1609 T. Heywood tr. Sallust Hist. Warre of Iugurth xiii. 44 in tr. Sallust Two Worthy & Notable Hist. Watercarriers base groomes [L. lixae] were loosely permitted to accompany the horsemen aswel by day as by night.
1654 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1888) III. 227 That noe brewers [nor] water-carriers set their drayes or water-carriages in the streets day or night as usually they have done.
1668 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire (new ed.) iii. vii. 195 The Principal Officers of these Chambers are, First, the Odabashee, or Master of the Chamber,..Sixth is the Saka, or the Water-carrier.
1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vi. 57 My Patroon's Water-Carrier, who daily supplied us with the Holy Water of Beer-el zem zem, brought some of the Rainy Water which fell from the Beat-allah to my Patroon.
1787 tr. C.-F. Volney Trav. Syria & Egypt I. xvii. 256 (note) At Cairo, it is observed, that the water-carriers, continually wet with the fresh water they carry in skins upon their backs, are never subject to the plague.
1824 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba I. ix. 91 The muleteer..recommended me strongly to become a saka, or water-carrier.
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 374 These bees are water-carriers.
1882 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs xi. 231 I told him to send a bhisti, a water-carrier, with his leathern bucket.
1899 Atlantic Monthly 83 760/1 Some of the burros were water carriers, with great earthen jars swung in pairs against their panting sides.
1930 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 108/1 Then came a water-carrier with a leather mussuck partly filled with water.
2002 H. Kunzru Impressionist (2003) 273 When he falls asleep, the watercarriers are already moving through the streets, making their early-morning deliveries.
b. With the and capital initial(s). The constellation Aquarius.See note at water-bearer n. 2.
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the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius
Aquariusa1398
waterer1546
waterman1565
water-pourer1565
water-bearer1594
skinker1605
urn1633
water boy1640
water carrier1830
water-can1869
1830 Trans. Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 392 The Southern Fish... It comprises eleven stars, lying south of the Water Carrier.
1928 Sci. News Let. 3 Mar. 133/2 [The] winter [signs are] Capricornus, the Sea Goat; Aquarius, the Water Carrier, and Pisces, the Fishes.
1991 C. A. Ronan Nat. Hist. Universe 89 (caption) The Helix, or Sunflower, Nebula lies in the zodiacal constellation of Aquarius, the Watercarrier.
2004 Prediction Apr. 44/1 Neptune is in Aquarius throughout the month and advances from 14°49′ of the Water Carrier on the first day to 15°19′ on the last day.
c. figurative (usually depreciative).
(a) A person who performs a subservient role; a lackey. Cf. to carry water for at water n. Phrases 2b. Now chiefly U.S. Politics.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > political hanger-on
water carrier1835
bummer1872
heeler1875
ward-heeler1890
lackey1939
fart-catcher1971
1835 W. G. Simms Yemassee I. xviii. 158 ‘I have been busy in assisting the captain.’ ‘The captain—will you never be a freeman, Walter—will you always be a water-carrier for a master?’
1957 N.Y. Times 6 Oct. 45/4 Dulles..regards him as little more than a diplomatic water carrier for policy-making bosses in Moscow.
1981 Washington Post 5 Apr. g8/4 Some of his critics point to his apparently shifting views..as evidence that he will be a ‘water carrier’ for the administration.
1996 New Republic (Nexis) 8 Jan. 16 Reston was a self-promoter whose wildly inflated reputation was based on his willingness to serve as a water carrier for everyone in power.
2012 D. Klaidman Kill or Capture iii. 75 The comment roused the powerful gun lobby and its water carriers on Capitol Hill.
(b) Association Football (chiefly British). A player noted for reliability and hard work rather than flair or creativity; spec. a defensive midfielder whose main role is to win the ball from the opposition and pass it on to more creative teammates.Often with reference to French footballer Eric Cantona's use of the term porteur d'eau to describe his compatriot, Didier Deschamps; cf. quot. 1996. See also note in etymology section.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > player > types of
dribbler1868
goalkicker1871
goal kick1875
punter1887
place-kicker1890
sidestepper1891
place-kick1896
non-import1964
wantaway1993
water carrier1993
code-hopper1998
galactico2003
1993 Times 27 Nov. (Sport section) 38/2 ‘English football needs more skill, more intelligence and it needs leaders, personalities,’ Trautmann said. ‘You have to have the water carriers, but you need three or four to lead, to guide.’
1996 Daily Star 11 Sept. 36/2 Cantona hit out.., insisting: ‘Deschamps survives because he always puts in a 100 per cent effort, but he will never be anything more than a water carrier.’
1999 News of World 26 Sept. 87/5 Gregory seems intent on filling the midfield with too many water carriers and not enough players with Merson's talent.
2006 Esquire June 72/1 Genius playmakers were given freedom to roam by the type of player (often from the English leagues) that Eric Cantona would later deride as a water-carrier.
2014 J. Montague Thirty One Nil iii. 85 Defensive midfielders are the water carriers, the beating heart of the team.
2. A person or company undertaking the conveyance by water of goods or passengers. In quot. 1764: a bargemaster.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > one who transports goods by water
fraughtsman1487
freighter1622
affreighter1653
water carrier1707
shipper1755
1707 Jus Imperij & Servitutis vi. 52 It [sc. legal action] lies against a Water-Carrier, as well as a Land-Carrier, for Goods lost.
1764 J. Burton Present State Navigation Thames 14 These Water-carriers..look upon themselves as Masters and Lords of the River;..refusing Carriage of Goods, but on their own Terms, [etc.].
1815 H. Jeremy Law of Carriers iv. 52 Water carriers are equally liable with land carriers for every loss by robbery or otherwise.
1881 Chicago Times 17 June The railroads, in their anxiety to secure employment for their idle rolling-stock, will bid against the water-carriers.
1916 Railway Rev. 13 Dec. 895/1 To authorize the Commission to prescribe the minimum rate to be charged for transportation by a water carrier.
1980 I. H. Benham in Refl. Amer. 173/3 Like the motor carriers and the airlines, the water carriers have no direct investment in their right-of-way.
2012 K. Dunckel in L. J. Fennelly Handbk. Loss Prevention & Crime Prevention (ed. 5) xliv. 554/2 To obtain cargo insurance on goods they ship by air or water carrier.
3.
a. A vessel or vehicle for carrying water.In quot. 1875: a machine for conveying water from a well or tank to a building.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > tanker > for water
water carrier1801
society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water
well bucket1477
flail?a1500
kettle-mill1570
scoop1580
water engine1611
chain-pumpa1618
cochlea1648
water-screw1648
engine1652
bucket-fountain1663
chain1682
noria1696
tub-engine1702
tub-gin1702
well-pole1727
screw engine1729
rag1747
rag pump1747
swape1773
picotah1780
water balance1800
ram1801
well sweep1818
shadoof1836
hydraulic belt1856
water carrier1875
bailer1883
trip-bucket1926
1801 Act 41 Geo. III c. xxx § 28 A sufficient number of..water carriers, trucks, water-carts.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Water-carrier, a form of water-elevator in which the bucket lifted from the well or cistern is transported on wires to the house at a considerable distance.
1904 W. E. Roth Domestic Implements, Arts, & Manuf. 29 The large ‘lamp’..shell is often used as a water-carrier.
1937 A. Ransome We didn't mean to go to Sea iii. 42 They rowed ashore twice more to fill the water-carrier at the tap in the boat-builder's yard.
1992 Ships Monthly Apr. 13/1 The ex-naval water carrier Freshspring..has now been moved to a tidal mooring on the river Severn near Newnham.
b. A channel for conveying water, esp. an open channel in an irrigated meadow. In later use also: a pipeline or system of pipelines, etc., for transporting water.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water
water leatOE
water lade1224
leat1279
watergang1293
sow1316
trough1398
wissinga1400
lanec1420
waterway1431
water leasow1440
watercoursea1450
fleam1523
lead1541
cut1548
aqueducta1552
lake1559
strand1565
race1570
channel1581
watergauge1597
gout1598
server1610
carriage1669
runnel1669
aquage1706
shoot1707
tewel1725
run1761
penstock1763
hulve1764
way-gang1766
culvert1774
flume1784
shute1790
pentrough1793
raceway1793
water carriage1793
carrier1794
conductor1796
water carrier1827
penchute1875
chute1878
by-cut1883
1827 J. Mitchell Sketches on Agric. 72 My own mead, as above described, laid perfectly dry, by surface drains, which serves [sic] as water carriers at pleasure, to flood the whole.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 373 The wild duck..swim in the water-carriers in the great irrigated meadows.
1902 U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 151. 12 The smaller ditch..is a more economical water carrier than the larger one.
1934 Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks. Assoc. 26 575 A substantial increase in the capacity of old water carriers without a large expense for new construction.
2007 Jrnl. Palestine Stud. 36 151/2 A water carrier from Elat to the Dead Sea to replenish the latter.
c. Chiefly literary. A rain cloud. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > rain-cloud
rain cloud1755
water wagon1815
water carrier1856
water boys1895
1856 New Eng. Farmer Nov. 524/1 Leagues away the cloud floats before the winds, still upheld by heat, till the cold air benumbs the fingers of the great water-carrier, and forces him to drop it in rain.
a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 16 The water-carriers, harnessed to the south and west winds, drilling the long rows of rain like seeds into the earth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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