单词 | waterfinder |
释义 | waterfinder in British English (ˈwɔːtəˌfaɪndə) noun US a US equivalent of water diviner water diviner in British Englishnoun British a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod US name: waterfinder waterfinder in American English (ˈwɔtərˌfaindər, ˈwɑtər-) noun a dowser; water witch Word origin [1880–85, Amer.; water + finder]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, barnstorm, irredentist, quotation mark |
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