| 单词 | by trade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby trade a. by trade: by way of occupation. ΚΠ ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Ciiiv The other was by trade a Vintener. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 134 My husband, though by trade a Smith, for birth out-brau'd of none. 1652 Laughing Mercury No. 30 234 Am not I..by trade a Perfumer of Gloves. 1696 A. Telfair New Confut. Sadducism 1 Andrew Mackie, who is a Mason [note Stonecutter] by Trade, devoted his first Child to the Devil, at his taking of the Mason-Word. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶7 A Neighbour of mine, who is a Haberdasher by Trade. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 189/1 Mr. Will. Potter, of Gainsborough,..By Trade a Butcher. 1838 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 19 July I am an iron puddler by trade. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 708/2 By trade he is a well-digger. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier i. 8 Brooker..was a miner by trade. 1977 J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family 253 A native of Albany and a shoemaker by trade. 2007 New Yorker 3 Dec. 94/2 He is..principally a journalist and television host by trade. < as lemmas |
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