请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 leverhulme
释义

Leverhulme

[ lee-ver-hyoom or, often, -yoom ]
/ ˈli vərˌhyum or, often, -ˌyum /

noun

Viscount William Hesketh Lever, 1851–1925, English soap manufacturer, originator of an employee profit-sharing plan, and founder of a model industrial town.

Words nearby Leverhulme

lever action, leverage, leveraged buyout, lever escapement, leveret, Leverhulme, Leverkusen, Leverrier, Levertov, lever tumbler, Lévesque
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for Leverhulme

  • Are you suffering from that Leverhulme six-hour-working-day sort of feeling?

    Living Alone|Stella Benson
  • I would not have the reader to suppose that I consider Lord Leverhulme a heaven-sent genius of statesmanship.

    The Mirrors of Downing Street|Harold Begbie

British Dictionary definitions for Leverhulme

Leverhulme
/ (ˈliːvəˌhjuːm) /

noun

William Hesketh, 1st Viscount. 1851–1925, English soap manufacturer and philanthropist, who founded (1881) the model industrial town Port Sunlight
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 4:06:26