| 单词 | windjammer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindjammer windjammer n. slang (a) U.S. a bugler, bandsman; (b) a sailing-vessel (obsolete exc. Historical); (c) U.S. a rumour-monger, a loquacious person; (d) = windcheater n. (b) above. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer rounderOE blabc1374 tale-teller1377 clatterer1388 tittlerc1400 talebearer1478 whisterer1519 whisperer1547 telltale1548 tattler1549 clatterfart1552 tale-carrier1552 babbler?1555 gossip1566 gossiper1568 carry-tale1577 mumble-news1598 twitter1598 buzzer1604 blob-talea1670 gadabout1757 tell-pie1771 circulator1792 clype1825 windjammer1880 tattle-tale1889 panta1908 clatfarta1930 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] bark1477 sail1517 winged wain1605 sailing-boat1721 sailing-vesselc1748 hogboat1784 sail-boat1798 sail-shipa1850 sailer1871 sailing-ship1871 windjammer1880 windbag1924 windship1934 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] blowerc897 bretheman?a1400 wait1510 town wait1541 winder1611 tooter1620 wind-instrumentalist1869 windjammer1880 horn1945 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > weatherproof > windproof windjammer1880 windcheater1909 windbreaker1918 wind-jacket1940 1880 United Service Oct. 458 [The adjutant] watched the roll-call of his ‘wind-jammers’. 1892 Rudder Sept. 217/1 The deck~hands on the liners contemptuously refer to [sailing vessels] as ‘wind-jammers’. 1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 7 Aug. The few workers present are effectually playing the part of windjammers and many rumors are afloat. 1899 Harmsworth's Mag. Mar. 102 A large three-masted wind-jammer was caught by the gale and disabled. 1909 Athenæum 31 July 121/3 It deals with the homeward passage of a big steel ‘windjammer’ from Calcutta—a typical chapter from the life of merchant-service Jack. 1917 S. Lewis Job 209 We do our work and don't howl about like all these socialists and radicals and other wind-jammers. 1930 Evening Standard 20 Aug. 2 (advt.) Thousands of golfers wear the Barker ‘Windjammer’ and report it to be a splendid garment. 1931 Amer. Mercury XXIV. 354/2 [Circus Words.] Windjammer, a band musician. 1932 W. H. Auden in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1978) Aug. 282 My hand was wrung By one bareheaded in a windjammer jacket. 1942 M. Hargrove See here, Private Hargrove xlii. 119 Wind~jammer, the bugler. 1976 Milton Keynes Express 25 June 4/4 The very popular zip-fronted cotton velour wind-jammer..is also great weekend gear with jeans. < as lemmas |
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