单词 | crusher |
释义 | crushern. 1. a. One who or that which crushes. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1598 |
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