| 释义 |
juicer|ˈdʒuːsə(r)|
[f. juice n. + -er1.]
1. An electrician. slang. (Cf. juice n. 1 d.)
1928Amer. Speech III. 366 ‘Juicers’ have a most juicy vocabulary of their own. Thanks to them Hollywood has ‘kliegs’ (klieg lights). 1934Tit-Bits 31 Mar. 12/2 Here are some more studio terms. ‘Juicers’ are electricians. 1950B. Schulberg Disenchanted (1951) i. 11 Assistant directors, cutters, bit players, second cameramen, sound men, juicers, grips, special effects men, Hollywood's exclusive proletariat. 1957V. J. Kehoe Technique Film & Television Make-up i. 18 He directs the..juicers to place the lights in the most effective positions.
2. An appliance used to extract juice from fruit and vegetables.
1938Cooperative Distributors Catal. in Amer. Speech (1942) XVII. 272/1 A well constructed juicer for oranges. 1945Archit. Rev. XCVII. 152 (caption) The ‘Dazey’ super juicer..in aluminium. 1961Listener 31 Aug. 331/2 Self-contained grinders, liquidizers, juicers and meat mincers are also made. 1972New York 1 May 27/2 Juicers—used to extract the juice of fresh vegetables and fruits.
3. An alcoholic. U.S. slang.
1967New Yorker 13 May 40 The difference between the juicers and the heads is that the juicers sometimes get a little obstreperous but the heads go sit quietly in a corner someplace. 1970Ibid. 28 Feb. 31/1 ‘Forget him, he's catatonic.’ ‘Forget him, he's a juicer.’ |