请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 goadster
释义

goadstern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: goad v., goad n.1, -ster suffix.
Etymology: < either goad v. or goad n.1 + -ster suffix. Compare earlier goadman n. and goadsman n. at goad n.1 Compounds 2.Compare the earlier, apparently isolated Scots gaadster , in the same sense (c1800; < gad n.1 + -ster suffix); compare earlier gadsman n.
Obsolete. rare.
A person employed to drive a team of draught animals; = goadsman n. at goad n.1 Compounds 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughman or woman > controller of draught animals
driverc1390
plough driver?c1475
gadsman?a1500
ploughboy1544
goadster1837
forelooper1863
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. vii. 199 Cars drawn by eight white horses, goadsters in classical costume.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.1837
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/5 11:54:17