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单词 driller
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drillern.1

Etymology: ? < drill v.1 + -er suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
? One who entices or allures (sc. into evil).
ΚΠ
1652 J. Tatham To Brome in R. Brome Joviall Crew sig. A4v But Shakespeare the Plebean Driller, was Founder'd in's Pericles, and must not pass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

drillern.2

Brit. /ˈdrɪlə/, U.S. /ˈdrɪlər/
Etymology: < drill v.3 + -er suffix1.
1.
Thesaurus »
a. One who drills holes in metal, stone, etc.
b. A machine or contrivance for this purpose.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill
drill1611
driller1870
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 21 The dexterous hands of the filer and driller.
1870 Eng. Mech. 28 Jan. 480/1 A driller [i.e. tool].. will bore the holes.
c. A ship used for carrying out drilling operations.
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1896 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 5/2 The driller Delta, which was engaged in operations for the widening of the approaches to Devonport Harbour.
2.
a. One who drills others; a drill-master, a drill instructor. Also transferred.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > trainer
repeater1580
drill1814
driller1830
1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 420 The drillers..were made liable to transportation..the drilled, to fine, and imprisonment.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 177 The great authors of antiquity..degraded from teachers of thinking to drillers in grammar.
b. One who practises military drilling.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier who practises drill or evolution > [noun]
driller1848
1848 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. 248 The soldiers..were called out to help the specials to arrest some drillers.
1890 C. Martyn Wendell Phillips 260 A prominent driller in the ‘awkward squad’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

drillern.3

Etymology: < drill v.4 + -er suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdriller.
One who sows seed by drilling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > sower
seederOE
sowerc1000
seedman1569
seedsman1601
seminator1609
superseminator1642
dropper1770–4
driller1788
1788 Trans. Soc. Arts 6 78 A practical Driller.
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 149/2 The farmer finds horses and seed, and the driller finds the machine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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