tightener

n. 紧带轮 [化] 收紧器; 张紧装置

发音

US /ˈtaɪtn̩ɚ/
UK /ˈtaɪtn̩ə/

词形变化

tighteners 复数 tighteners

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large meal; a feast or blowout.

    英国 古体 俚语

    184?, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor One proposed going to Hungerford-market to do a feed on decayed shrimps or other offal laying about the market; another proposed going to Covent-garden to do a 'tightener' of rotten oranges, to which I was humorously invited; […]

  2. 2.

    Something used to tighten.

词源

From tighten + -er. Referring to a meal, suggests the tightening of one's belt around the expanding waistline.

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