单词 | netter |
释义 | nettern.1 1. A netmaker. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > netting > one who net maker1288 netter1418 1418–19 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) I. 212 (MED) [John Bartelot], netter. 1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 192 My Lord rekened with his netter, and he had sent home to Stoke a dragge of viij. fadom. 1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? xv. 181 The netters grew more and more pleased with themselves as they saw the strips of netting growing longer. 2. A person who uses a net, esp. a fisherman. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net netter1591 net-fisher1677 net-man1847 netsman1867 1591 Speeches & Hon. Entertainm. Cowdrey 10 Here be the Netters, these be they that..will draw a whole pond for the market. 1838 J. E. Tyler Mem. Henry V II. 56 He was called the Netter from the expertness..with which he caught..his antagonists in argument. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xi. 86 A gang of netters sweeping the stream. 1876 W. Thornbury Hist. & Legendary Ballads & Songs 118 The gladiators doomed to death come pacing two and two... The netters and the light-armed lads, the agile targeteers. 1950 John o' London's Weekly 59 7 July 409/3 Everything is fish that comes to our author's net and he is a tireless netter. 1990 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 62/1 Netters realised the sophisticated electrical fish-finding equipment was so accurate they could sweep their net right over the top of the wreck. 3. U.S. colloquial. A tennis player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > player tennis-player1884 netter1932 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 14/1 (heading) Coast netter stops invader. Stoefen injects drama into Forest Hills meet defeating Japanese. 1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 23 Apr. 6 a/3 The Anderson College netters took an 8–1 win over Gainesville here Monday but the AC No. 1 doubles team of Rajiv Kapur and Elango Ranganathan dropped its first match after 18 straight wins. 1984 Independent Florida Alligator 3 Apr. 15/2 (heading) Women netters destroy South Florida, 5-1. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Nettern.2 Computing slang. A frequent user of a computer network, esp. the internet; spec. a person who regularly posts messages on a computer bulletin board. ΚΠ 1982 Pertinent trb Comments in net.misc,net.jokes (Usenet newsgroup) 3 Nov. To quote a fellow ‘netter’, ‘If you can't pick on..[him], who can you pick on?’ 1989 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 25 June a3 One Berkeley ‘netter’, as the participants are called, suggested that the hard-core communist leaders were panicking. 1993 Australian 23 Mar. (Brisbane ed.) 29/1 Users call themselves Netters or Net-Heads and insist that the Net is more than just a computer system. It's an ethic..a way of life. 1995 Guardian 14 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 35/4 Slumped in front of the screen, a mouse for their only friend, Netters have been derided for their folly, while the Internet itself is denounced as a mere CB radio for the Nineties. 2001 Searcher (Nexis) 1 Mar. 74 Fifty-six percent of U.S. Netters engage in e-commerce transactions. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11418n.21982 |
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