单词 | suppler |
释义 | supplern. Now rare. A person or thing that promotes suppleness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > that which makes pliable suppler1597 1597 J. Gerard Herball ccxcviii. 702 They may helpe the fundament that is fallen out, not as a binder keeping backe the fundament, but as a suppler and a mollifier. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. i. xiii. 78 I haue suppler [Sp. despegador] hangs at the pummell of my horse, as good as touch. 1720 W. Willymott tr. F. Bacon De Augmentis Scientiarum in Ld. Bacon's Ess. II. xviii. 221 Applications Penetrating,..as Vehicles, convey with more Ease, and sink deeper the Virtue of the Supplers. 1924 ‘Yoi-Over’ Hold Hard! Hounds, Please! 206 Now horse-oil, which is carefully skimmed off the cauldron, and put to settle and decant, is a fine suppler of hard enlargements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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。