单词 | filterer |
释义 | > as lemmasˈfilterer ˈfilterer n. something which filters, or which acts as a filter. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > filtering or percolating > [noun] > filter or percolator filterer1788 filter1791 percolator1842 1788 Med. Commentaries for 1787 Decade 2nd 2 47 Clothing may be considered as a filterer, separating the impurities of the air before it comes in contact with the body. 1809 J. F. Archbold Brit. Patent 3225 It [sc. sea water] is passed through a filterer. 1846 Catholic Herald (Philadelphia) 30 Aug. 272/4 Refrigerators, water coolers, and filterers. 1908 Practitioner Feb. 243 The spleen is, so to speak, a filterer of the blood. 1981 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 8/8 These plants make better noise filterers than conifers do when used as hedging. 2006 A. G. van der Valk Biol. Freshwater Wetlands vi. 120 (caption) Invertebrate species are grouped by how they obtain their food (collector/gatherer, shredder, scraper, piercer-shredder, filterer, predator). < as lemmas |
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