单词 | weaver |
释义 | weaver (once / 1040 pages) 1n 2n A person who makes fabric by weaving fiber together is a weaver. Most weavers use a loom, a device that holds the threads tightly as they're being woven. A craft weaver works by hand, weaving without a loom, but most weavers use either a hand loom or a power loom. This more mechanized type of loom was invented in the 1780s, and it made the work less physically taxing for weavers. The Proto-Indo-European root of weaver is also the source of the Sanskrit word ubhnati, "he laces together" and the Greek word hyphe, or "web." WORD FAMILYweaver: weavers+/interweave: interweaved, interweaves, interweaving, interwove/inweave: inweaves, inweaving, inwove, inwoven/unweave: unweaves, unweaving/weave: interweave, inweave, unweave, weaved, weaver, weaves, weaving, wove/weaving: weavings USAGE EXAMPLESState police shot and killed the suspect in Weaver’s death after an overnight manhunt. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Weaver graduated from the state police academy in June. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Weaver was responding to a domestic violence call in Juniata Township, about 85 miles east of Pittsburgh. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1 n an artisan who weaves cloth 2Hyper artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft n finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests Syn|Hypo|Hyper weaver finch, weaverbird Ploceus philippinus, baya common Indian weaverbird whidah, whydah, widow birdmostly black African weaverbird Java finch, Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora, ricebirdsmall finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields amadavat, avadavatred Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds grass finch, grassfinchusually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds Poephila castanotis, zebra finchsmall Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
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