graver

n. 雕刻师, 雕刻刀 [医] 雕刻刀

发音

US /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/
US /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/

词形变化

gravers 复数 gravers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a burin

    过时
  2. 2.

    a carver, sculptor, or engraver

    废旧

    1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

adj.
  1. 1.

    comparative form of grave: more grave

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

pointel pointrel

上位词 1

hand tool

下位词 2

scauper scorper

词源

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

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