| 释义 |
chas·er
I. \ˈchāsə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English chasur, from Old French chaceour, from chacier to chase + -eour -or — more at chase
1. : one that chases: as
a. : hunter
b. : submarine chaser
c. : philanderer
d. : a piece of music played or an inferior vaudeville act or motion picture presented to induce an audience to leave
e. slang : a prison guard
2. : chase gun
< a bow chaser >
< a stern chaser >
3.
a. : one that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal the yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled — called also frogger
b. : one that unhooks the cable used to drag logs from the forest to the yard and readies the equipment to be sent back
4.
a. : a drink or occasionally food taken after a drink of strong alcoholic content
b. : something (as a literary work or portion of a literary work) that is of a light or mollifying nature in comparison with that which it follows or accompanies
5. [by shortening] : steeplechaser
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: chase (III) + -er
: one that ornaments by chasing: as
a. : a skilled worker who produces raised designs on silver or similar metals
b. : a skilled worker who cuts the design and finishes the shaping of molds used to cast jewelry articles
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: chase (V) + -er
1.
a. : a threading tool either many-toothed or having a single cutting edge shaped for cutting or finishing external or internal screw threads of specified pitch and standard usually on work revolving in a lathe
b. : one of the cutting bits in a composite die or tap
2. : a grinding machine used in ore dressing and made with a revolving pan or base and fixed rollers
3. : a lathe operator whose specialty is cutting screw threads |