单词 | cupper |
释义 | cuppern.1ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > cup-bearer birleOE cupper14.. versora1483 cup-bearer1483 tankard-bearer?1518 copper1528 tankard-yeoman1563 gobleter1623 pincern1623 pocillatora1659 tankard-womana1667 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 572/46 Cipharius, ance a cuppere, or a dysshere. c1566 in R. Chambers Life Jas. I (1830) I. i. 30 To the Queenis Majesty the Earl of Huntlie was Carver, the Earl of Cassillis cupper. 1652 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Hist. Relations Flanders 58 The Carvers, Cuppers, and Suers. 2. One who performs the operation of cupping: see cup v. 1, cupping n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > surgeon > [noun] > performing specific operations > bloodletting bloodletterOE ventoserc1340 lettera1400 phlebotomer?a1425 blooder1495 phlebotomist1618 arteriotomist1684 bleeder1788 cupper1812 Sangrado1812 venesector1890 1812 London Direct. Atkinson, J., Cupper. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 552 The bleeders and cuppers came. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). cuppern.2 Oxford University slang. A series of intercollegiate matches played in competition for a cup. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play > series of games rubber1594 double-header1896 cupper1900 play-off1932 1900 Oxf. Mag. 31 Oct. 52/2 In the Cuppers we are drawn to play against New College. 1903 Oxf. Mag. 11 Feb. 214/1 Hockey.—... We are drawn against Magdalen in the second round of the ‘Cupper’. 1928 Observer 18 Mar. 13/4 The final of ‘the rugger cupper’. 1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point 37 Next week I've got to go into training for Cuppers. 1961 Times 8 Mar. 18/1 The Oxford University Rugby cuppers final. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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