| 释义 |
strip·per
\ˈstripə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: strip (I) + -er
1. : one that strips: as
a. : a worker who strips stems from moistened tobacco leaves and ties the leaves into books — called also sprigger, stemmer
b. : a worker who removes hides or skins from drying frames salvaging the tacks and piling the skins
c. : one of a group of workers who remove sheets of refined copper from the starting plates on which they were deposited by electrolysis
d. : a quarry worker who cleans up dirt left by a power shovel in exposing the rock
e. : one that strips fish of milt or roe
f. : one that strips photographic negatives or positives
2. : a device that strips or peels (as bark from osier or insulation from wires)
3.
a. : a machine that strips the seed heads from the stalks of grass and hay in harvesting
b. : an implement usually with slots between revolving rolls for stripping cotton
c. or stripper-harvester : a harvester-thresher that beats the heads and grains from wheat or other crops without cutting the straw
4.
a. : a metal plate or one of a pair of plates one on each side of a cutting die punch that strips the work from the punch and prevents it from being dragged up on the upstroke
b. : a machine for smoothing down files for subsequent recutting
c. : a metal point in a capstan for clearing away the cable as it unwinds
5. : any of the various small card-clothed rollers in textile manufacturing that strip fiber from one cylinder and carry it to another and especially from a worker to the main cylinder
6.
a. : an apparatus in which volatile material is removed
b. : a solvent used to remove deposits (as paint or varnish) from surfaces
7. : a card trimmed in a wedge shape so that it can be pulled easily from the pack (as by a cardsharper)
8. : a cow that has nearly stopped giving milk
9. : an oil well that has fallen off in production to a few barrels or less per day
10. : stripteaser
< a stripper in a honky-tonk — James Jones >
11. : strip miner |