单词 | downhiller |
释义 | downhiller in British English (ˌdaʊnˈhɪlə) noun a skier who specializes in downhill events downhiller in American English (ˈdaunˈhɪlər) noun 1. a skier who competes in downhill races, esp. in the downhill 2. a downhill skier (contrasted with cross-country skier) Word origin [1965–70; downhill + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: T cell, double-book, no-fault, overdub, red-eye-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner) |
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