| 单词 | well-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell-maker b. Objective, as well-maker, well-owner, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun] > well-digger well-sinker1604 well-digger1610 well-maker1611 well borer1780 well-shanker1882 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Puitier, a digger, or maker of pits; a well-maker. 1617 Despauterii Grammaticæ Institutionis Lib. VII (new ed.) ii. 51 Aquilex aquilegis, putearius, id est qui putei effodiendi certis in locis rationem habet, a Well-maker [1579 woll maker]. 1803 Sydney Gaz. 26 Mar. Upon questioning a well-holder on the impropriety of letting an almost unfathomable reservoir remain uncovered, he coolly and collectively answered, that he had no children to fall into it. 1869 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1865–8 10 232 An infinite variety of deceptions have been played upon well-owners, company managers, and landholders. 1895 Daily News 21 Dec. 5/4 When the second slip took place, the well-maker was suffocated. 1915 Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks. Assoc. 2 652 The trouble with most well builders is that they cannot determine this exact point. 2007 R. Blythe Out of Valley (new ed.) 112 We looked with wonder at the brickwork, still rounded and faultless as it was when the well-makers had finished it. < as lemmas |
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