释义 |
▪ I. dier rare.|ˈdaɪə(r)| Also 6 dyer. [f. die v.1 + -er1.] One who dies; one who suffers, or is liable to, death.
1570Piththy Note to Papists (1862), Many sundry deaths doo bring the dyers endles shame. 1638Suckling Brennoralt i. i, Dead, as I live; Well, goe thy wayes, for a quiet drinker and dier. 1887Jessopp in 19th Cent. Dec. 839 ‘I suppose I am a dier’, she said..‘I used to think I should never die’. ▪ II. dier obs. form of dear, deer, dyer. |