| 单词 | house-raiser |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse-raiser house-raiser n. now chiefly North American a person who raises or builds a house; a person or company engaged in house raising. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of houses housera1400 housewright1549 house-raisera1639 housebuilder1681 homebuilder1855 a1639 H. Wotton Parallel betweene Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham (1641) 9 Wee knowe the people are apter to applaud housekeepers then house-raisers. 1845 W. Bernan Hist. & Art Warming & Ventilating Rooms & Buildings II. ix. 3 All this suffering..was produced in his and by-gone times by house-raisers feeling they had done their duty when they had provided hearths. 1875 J. T. Trowbridge Young Surveyor xl. 285 Jack adjusted his compass, while the house-raisers looked on, to see how the thing was done. 1992 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 25 June a1 Roads are open and clear [after an earthquake], and contractors and house-raisers are pouring over the town. < as lemmas |
| 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。