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单词 laster
释义 I. laster, n.1|ˈlɑːstə(r), ˈlæst-|
[f. last n.1 + -er1.]
In Bootmaking, a workman who shapes a boot or shoe, by fixing the parts smoothly on a last.
1878Ure's Dict. Arts IV. 121 The sole..is now taken in hand by the laster, who secures it by a few tacks to the upper [etc.].1885Harper's Mag. Jan. 282/2 The laster is about the only shoemaker left who can still talk..of his ‘kit’.
II. laster, n.2|ˈlɑːstə(r), ˈlæst-|
[f. last v.1 + -er1.]
One who or that which lasts. a. Of a person: One who has staying power. b. Of a fruit: That continues fresh and sound.
1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. iv. 56 The Russellet. It's no long laster, but soon grows soft and pappy.1861Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. xvi. (1889) 152, I put him down as a laster, and he has trained well.
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