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单词 crusher
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crushern.

Brit. /ˈkrʌʃə/, U.S. /ˈkrəʃər/
Etymology: < crush v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. One who or that which crushes.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun] > one who presses, squeezes, etc.
pincher1368
niper1440
crusher1598
squeezer1611
thronger1648
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Premitore, a crusher.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Escacheur, a squasher; a beater, or crusher of things flat.
1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme Apol. Perfection in Remainder Bks. 8 The Crusher or bruiser of the Serpent.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 62 Crushers of walnuts with silver nut-crackers.
1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 191 The Port Jackson shark..has crushers instead of teeth.
b. spec. One whose trade is to crush some article for economic purposes.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes
river?c1475
melter1511
sinker1526
folder up1552
wiper1552
scourer1574
heaver1587
stoverc1600
rasper1611
ripper1611
roller1616
smearer1632
waterleadera1650
scooper1668
smiter1670
puncher1681
staker1688
crusher1794
hardener1796
reamer1822
piledriver1826
catcher1832
waterproofer1837
middler1847
culler1850
hanger-on1858
pitcher1865
bumper1871
fine liner1871
bricksetter1883
waxer1890
bottle-oh1898
edger1909
bottle-o-er1915
caster1921
recycler1970
linesperson1973
1794 Hull Advertiser 9 Aug. 3/4 The Crushers of Rape~seed continue to buy this article very freely.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 300/2 Rape..The seed..is then sold to the crushers, who express the oil.
1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 13 469 Seed crushers and oil refiners.
c. A machine for crushing seed, ore, quartz, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding
mullet1398
mill1560
rammer1630
pulverizer1635
crackera1640
hand mill1656
grinder1688
mortar1733
pestle mill1773
pulverer1778
bruiser1809
smasher1822
muller1823
pug mill1824
crusher1825
pounding machine1839
pug1859
disintegrator1874
micronizer1934
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 160 For breaking malt, beans, &c. one crusher only is wanted.
1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 172 Mr. Armfield's crusher was in full work.
2. colloquial. Something which overwhelms or overpowers. Also: a crushing blow. Cf. stunner n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person
lovesomea1350
popinjaya1350
beautya1413
angel1502
good-looker1801
crusher1841
looker1893
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > one who > completely
confounder1401
profligator1694
crusher1841
disher1892
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. l. 76 It's Destiny, and mine's a crusher!
1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. iv. 38 She is a crusher, ain't she now?
1884 Christian Commonw. 6 Nov. 53/5 The decision was a crusher on Dr. Phin.
1888 F. W. J. Henning Recoll. Prize Ring 18 Caunt now got closer for a try, but missed an intended crusher.
3. An apparatus for recording the pressure exerted on a gun by a charge of powder; also attributive as in crusher-gauge, crusher-plug.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > testing or recording apparatus
searcher1706
reliever1777
clinometer1864
crusher1871
screen1879
1871 Standard 19 Jan. A ‘crusher’, or small apparatus exposing a copper disc to the pressure over a given surface of the pent-up gases, was inserted in the rear of the 700-pounder bolts.
1871 Noble & Abel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 165 140 A slight escape of gas past the crusher-gauge.
4. slang.
a. A policeman.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman
truncheon officer1708
runner1735
horny1753
nibbing-cull1775
nabbing-cull1780
police officer1784
police constable1787
policeman1788
scout1789
nabman1792
nabber1795
pig1811
Bow-street officer1812
nab1813
peeler1816
split1819
grunter1823
robin redbreast1824
bulky1828
raw (or unboiled) lobster1829
Johnny Darm1830
polis1833
crusher1835
constable1839
police1839
agent1841
johndarm1843
blue boy1844
bobby1844
bluebottle1845
copper1846
blue1848
polisman1850
blue coat1851
Johnny1851
PC1851
spot1851
Jack1854
truncheonist1854
fly1857
greycoat1857
cop1859
Cossack1859
slop1859
scuffer1860
nailerc1863
worm1864
Robert1870
reeler1879
minion of the law1882
ginger pop1887
rozzer1888
nark1890
bull1893
grasshopper1893
truncheon-bearer1896
John1898
finger1899
flatty1899
mug1903
John Dunn1904
John Hop1905
gendarme1906
Johnny Hop1908
pavement pounder1908
buttons1911
flat-foot1913
pounder1919
Hop1923
bogy1925
shamus1925
heat1928
fuzz1929
law1929
narker1932
roach1932
jonnop1938
grass1939
roller1940
Babylon1943
walloper1945
cozzer1950
Old Bill1958
cowboy1959
monaych1961
cozzpot1962
policeperson1965
woolly1965
Fed1966
wolly1970
plod1971
roz1971
Smokey Bear1974
bear1975
beast1978
woodentop1981
Five-O1983
dibble1990
Bow-street runner-
1835 Sessions' Paper Aug. 643 ‘Here are two crushers.’.. I looked out of the window, and saw both the policemen.
1842 Punch 2 137 There is not one crusher who is proof against the waistcoat pocket.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 25/2 ‘The blessed crushers is everywhere’, shouted one.
b. A ship's corporal or policeman; a regulating petty officer. Navy.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > officers with police duties
ship's corporal1626
master-at-arms1732
marshal1769
jaunty1902
crusher1908
1908 ‘L. Yexley’ Inner Life of Navy ii. 10 Whenever the ‘Assembly’ sounded, the Police (usually called Corporals or ‘Crushers’) would run round the decks cutting..at the boys as they rushed up the ladders.
1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 100/2 Crushers, ships' corporals, who are the rank and file of the master-at-arms.
1912 ‘Aurora’ Jock Scott, Midshipman xiv. 165 One of the ‘crushers’ has a ‘down’ on you.
1943 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship 85 A crusher is a member of the ship's police.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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