| 单词 | wire-cutter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswire-cutter wire-cutter n. (a) an implement for cutting wire; (b) an appliance with a cutting blade formed of wire; spec. a machine for cutting clay into bricks; (c) a person who cuts a wire or wires, esp. as a job. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pliers and nippers > [noun] > types of bender1496 wire pliers1675 wire-cutter1794 side nippers1846 long-nose pliers1872 hawkbill1875 flat pliers1881 parrotbill1971 burr-nipper- society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others bell-hanger1540 powder monkey1670 articulator1798 universalist1801 sander1854 gummer?1881 shaver1885 wire-cutter1888 knacker1890 radiologist1905 groundhog1926 dogman1948 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > others artificera1553 man-catcher1649 stormer1655 sallier1685 pressmana1694 camp colour-man1753 sharpshooter1802 train soldier1833 escalader1849 adviser1854 outflanker1854 observer1870 spiker1884 mopper-up1917 slushy1919 wire-cutter1922 televisionary1925 flash-spotter1930 spotter1931 parashooter1940 parashot1940 bunker buster1944 sound-ranger1978 yomper1982 technical1992 1794 T. Coxe View U.S.A. i. xvi. 377 The wire-cutter and bender for card makers. 1853 Ann. Rep. Ohio State Board Agric. 1852 in Messages to Fiftieth Gen. Assembly State of Ohio XVII. ii. 538 The curd is then cut, with a wire cutter. 1862 Patents for Inventions: Abrigm. Specif. Bricks & Tiles 143 With the addition of proper moulds fixed vertically, and a roller table and a wire cutter, this machine can be made to produce drain tiles or hollow bricks. 1888 in W. P. Webb Great Plains (1931) 314 While a man was putting up his fence one day in a hollow a crowd of wire-cutters was cutting it behind him in another hollow. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. vi. §4 Pearce, the dog! had a wire-cutter in his pocket-knife. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 919/1 Detachments of wire-cutters, and pioneers, about 50 strong. 1990 J. Morton in A. M. Sowden Maintenance Brick & Stone Masonry Struct. ii. 18/1 This warp of clay is then thrown downwards into the mould, any excess being removed with a wire cutter. 2004 New Yorker 17 May 76/1 Nordahl carried two nylon duffelbags: an empty one for the silver and a smaller one filled with screwdrivers, a carpet knife, wire cutters..and a Wonder Bar. < as lemmas |
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