单词 | simplifier |
释义 | † simplifiern.1 Obsolete. rare. A person skilled in the preparation and use of medicinal simples (simple n. 4a), esp. herbal simples; a herbalist.Cf. simpler n.1, simplicist n. 1, simplist n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > herbalist > collector or maker of herb remedies simplicist1577 simpler1591 simplifier1594 simplist1597 rhizotomist1721 root cutter1729 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 33 in Jewell House This skil is verie requisite for a good simplifier, because he may drie the leafe of any hearb in this maner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). simplifiern.2 A person who or thing which simplifies something. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > one who or that which simplifies simplifier1778 the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun] > action of simplifying > one who or that which simplifies simplifier1896 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Misc. Articles 144 Both of them simplifiers of the Journal and Ledger. 1824 T. Moore Mem. (1853) IV. 260 A chastener and simplifier of style, it being the very reverse of ambition or ornament. 1896 Cent. Mag. Feb. 601 He is a great simplifier of details. 1933 S. Hedin Riddles of Gobi Desert ix. 98 Dr. Hu Shi, the simplifier of the Chinese written language. 1968 Boating Nov. 18/3 My favorite simplifier for solo docking requires a good, dependable cleat. 2011 Economist 23 Apr. 72/1 He has subjected the simplifiers and exaggerators to a barrage of statistics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11594n.21778 |
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