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单词 tent-maker
释义

tent-makern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtent-ˌmaker.
1. One who makes tents.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of tents
pavilioner1303
tent-maker1565
1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 107v He that weareth the crowne on his head, besecheth the teintmaker [St. Paul], and the fisher both dead to be his protectours.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xviii. 3 They were tentmakers by their craft [ Tindale, Their crafte was to make tentes; 1388 Wyclif, of roop-makeris crafte].
1884 J. Hall Christian Home 87 Paul was a tent-maker, and he was not ashamed of it.
2. (See quot. 1863, and cf. tent n.1 2c.)
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1863 L. L. Clarke in Intellectual Observer IV. 1 Micro~lepidoptera. (Coleophora, or Tent-makers.)

Derivatives

ˈtent-ˌmaking n. the business of making tents.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > tent-making > [noun]
tent-making1641
tent-work1645
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. xii. 113 We pardon his..comparison betweene S. Pauls Tent-making..& the State imployment of our Bishops.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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