strapper

n. 包扎工(机), 彪形大汉

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词形变化

strappers 复数 strappers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large, strong, robust person (usually a man).

  2. 2.

    A person who works with straps, as on leather goods.

  3. 3.

    One who straps horses; now, specifically, someone employed to attend and groom racehorses.

  4. 4.

    A cow which yields a small amount of milk.

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  5. 5.

    A wire that joins two light switches so that a light can be turned off or on from either switch.

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词源

From strap + -er, principally strap + -er (agent noun suffix). The sense referring to a poorly producing milk cow (from strap + -er) came from a dialectal sense of the verb strap as a troponym of milk: not even the most skilful milking action could coax enough milk from the udder.

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