Quaker

大学

发音

UK /ˈkweɪkə/
其它
US /ˈkweɪkəɹ/

词形变化

Quakers 复数

别名

Quacker Whaker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

  2. 1.

    A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.

    游戏

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上位词 2

整体词 1

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词源

From quake + -er; a name given to members of the Religious Society of Friends, supposedly by the magistrates Gervase Bennet and Nathaniel Barton, when George Fox "bade them tremble at the word of the Lord"; the term was previously applied to certain people who trembled or quaked during religious devotions.

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