| 单词 | dresser |
| 释义 | dresser dresser1 /dres"euhr/, n. 1. a person who dresses. 2. a person employed to dress actors, care for costumes, etc., at a theater, television studio, or the like. 3. Chiefly Brit. a surgeon's assistant. 4. a person who dresses in a particular manner, as specified: a fancy dresser; a careful and distinctive dresser. 5. any of several tools or devices used in dressing materials. 6. Metalworking. a. a block, fitting into an anvil, on which pieces are forged. b. a mallet for shaping sheet metal. 7. a tool for truing the surfaces of grinding wheels. [1400-50; late ME: guide. See DRESS, -ER1] dresser2 /dres"euhr/, n. 1. a dressing table or bureau. 2. a sideboard or set of shelves for dishes and cooking utensils. 3. Obs. a table or sideboard on which food is dressed for serving. [1375-1425; ME dresso(u)r sideboard < AF; MF dresseur, OF dreceor(e), equiv. to dreci(er) to DRESS + -ore -ORY2 (F dressoir)] |
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