| 释义 |
▪ I. leaver|ˈliːvə(r)|
[f. leave v.1 + -er1.]
One who leaves (in various senses of the vb.); spec. a boy or girl who has just left or is about to leave school: see school-leaver (school n.1 19).
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xix. 96 This vertue is more estemed of thaffection of the leaver than of the greatnes of the thyng that is lefte. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. ix. 22 But let the world ranke me in Register A Master leauer, and a fugitive. 1652J. B. To Brome on his Joviall Crew Brome's Wks. 1873 III. 347 The most our Leavers serve for, shews Onely that we're his friends. 1883Century Mag. June 219/2 Leaders of lonely lives, and leavers of great fortunes. 1890G. Gissing Emancip. III. ii. xvii. 288 Hither came no payers of formal calls, no leavers of cards. 1910Westm. Gaz. 17 Jan. 5/1 Of the entrants and leavers examined, approximately 3 per cent. of the children..suffered from..eye disease. 1930Times Educ. Suppl. 28 June 289/3 One teacher..wearied to despair by the listlessness and lack of interest of his class of ‘leavers’, persuaded his head to allow him to hire an allotment. 1969R. Layard et al. Impact of Robbins 121 The numbers of entrants to arts faculties are expressed as a percentage of leavers with arts A levels and similarly for science. 1972Guardian 3 Aug. 6/6 Employers..were most favourably impressed with leavers' basic art and design skills.
▪ II. leaver
obs. form of lever. |