单词 | sawyer |
释义 | sawyer/ˈsɔːjə![]() noun 1A person who saws timber for a living.Opponents believe it's all a spin to provide more even-aged timber for the sawyers....
2US An uprooted tree floating in a river but held fast at one end. With allusion to the trapped log's movement backwards and forwards 3A large longhorn beetle whose larvae bore tunnels in the wood of injured or recently felled trees, producing an audible chewing sound.
3.1NZ A large wingless bush cricket whose larvae bore in wood. OriginMiddle English (earlier as sawer): from the noun saw1 + -yer. |
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