weaver

大学 FREQ #8793

n. 织布者, 织工

发音

UK /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/
其它
US /ˈwi.vɚ/

词形变化

weavers 复数 weavers

教材释义与例句

名词

织工；织布者

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.

    织布工

    织工

  2. 2.

    A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.

  3. 3.

    A weaverbird.

  4. 4.

    An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.

  5. 5.

    Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.

  6. 6.

    Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

weaverbird

上位词 3

artisan artificer oscine

下位词 9

amadavat avadavat baya grassfinch Java sparrow ricebird whidah whydah widow bird

相关短语

weaver ant weaver ants Weaver syndrome dwarf cobweb weaver spider dwarf cobweb weaver spiders meshweb weaver funnel weaver sociable weaver sheet weaver 皿蛛 village weaver Sutton Weaver yellow-mantled weaver speckle-fronted weaver southern masked weaver orb weaver [网络] 圆蛛；黄金蜘蛛

词源

From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).

来源：wiktionary