| 单词 | road breaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad breaker road breaker n. (a) a person employed to break up the surface prior to the construction or repair of a road (now rare); (b) a mechanical tool or device used for this, esp. a pneumatic drill. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders or maintainers of roads waymaker?c1475 roadman1788 road-maker1792 path master1799 roadsman?1807 Macadamite1821 macadamizer1824 road breaker1834 grader1870 asphalter1880 linesman1888 lengthman1902 highway patrol1909 society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > road-breaker scarifier1892 road breaker1967 1834 Parl. Papers 247 We got him sequestrated as a miller, or under some secondary denomination... I believe he was sequestrated as a road breaker? 1928 Daily Mail 31 July 13/3 One side of Kensington-road..is also in the hands of the road-breakers. 1967 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 39 Road breaker, a power driven tool for breaking up road pavements by impact. 2007 Engin. News-Record (Nexis) 27 Aug. 8 Power tools that are the harshest on the hands include road breakers, demolition hammers..and hammer drills. < as lemmas |
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