单词 | surveyor |
释义 | surveyor —surveyorship, n. /seuhr vay"euhr/, n. 1. a person whose occupation is surveying. 2. an overseer or supervisor. 3. Chiefly Brit. a person who inspects something officially for the purpose of ascertaining condition, value, etc. 4. (formerly) a U.S. customs official responsible for ascertaining the quantity and value of imported merchandise. 5. (cap.) U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of space probes (1966-68) that analyzed lunar soil and obtained other scientific information after soft-landing on the moon. [1375-1425; late ME surveio(u)r < AF surveiour; MF surve(i)our, equiv. to surve(i)- (see SURVEY) + -our -OR2] |
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