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单词 spieler
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Definition of spieler in English:

spieler

noun ˈspiːləˈʃpiːləˈspi(ə)lər
informal
  • 1A glib or voluble speaker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On June 1, 1937, the 26-year-old radio spieler strode into a $200-a-week contract at Warner Bros.
    • Stoppard's a superb teacher, but he's mainly a showman, a seducer, an intellectual spieler who doesn't dare lose his engaged audience for a moment.
    Synonyms
    speech-maker, public speaker, lecturer, talker, speechifier, expounder, orator, declaimer, rhetorician, haranguer
  • 2Australian NZ A gambler or swindler.

    Synonyms
    backer, staker, speculator, risk-taker, better
  • 3A gambling club.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Spieler 'player' (see spiel).

Rhymes

appealer, candela, Coahuila, concealer, dealer, feeler, healer, Keeler, kneeler, Leila, peeler, Philomela, reeler, revealer, Schiele, sealer, sheila, Shelagh, squealer, stealer, tequila, velar, Vila, wheeler, wheeler-dealer
 
 

Definition of spieler in US English:

spieler

nounˈspē(ə)lərˈspi(ə)lər
informal
  • 1A glib or voluble speaker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On June 1, 1937, the 26-year-old radio spieler strode into a $200-a-week contract at Warner Bros.
    • Stoppard's a superb teacher, but he's mainly a showman, a seducer, an intellectual spieler who doesn't dare lose his engaged audience for a moment.
    Synonyms
    speech-maker, public speaker, lecturer, talker, speechifier, expounder, orator, declaimer, rhetorician, haranguer
  • 2Australian NZ A gambler or swindler.

    Synonyms
    backer, staker, speculator, risk-taker, better
  • 3A gambling club.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Spieler ‘player’ (see spiel).

 
 
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