单词 | remodeller |
释义 | remodellerremodelern. A person who remodels something. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > making or fashioning anew > [noun] > one who or that which refashions refashioner1800 remodeller1819 recaster1841 reshaper1923 1819 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. 166 The contrivers or re-modellers of this idol, beat all other idol-mongers..hollow. 1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 5 I will pass to Bacon, the great remodeller of science. 1869 R. J. King Handbk. Cathedrals Eng.: North. Div. i. 105 Oswald was the reformer and remodeller of many religious houses in his diocese of Worcester. 1908 Catholic World Mar. 788 Democritus remodelled it [sc. the atomic theory], and it has had many remodellers since. 1983 Harrowsmith Oct.–Nov. 64/2 ‘Measure twice and cut once,..’ says a carpenter's adage known all too well to fumble-fingered home remodellers. 2003 C. Edwards Beautiful Built-ins Introd. p. x It can be a great idea book for remodelers, interior designers, or homeowners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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