| 单词 | stoker |
| 释义 | stoker (once / 11738 pages) n WORD FAMILY stoker: stokers+/stoke: stoked, stoker, stokes, stoking USAGE EXAMPLESThe guide has to be just as fit and skilled as the athlete, called the stoker, as they both pedal. Washington Times(Sep 10, 2016) He grabbed a fire stoker and pried the door open and ran with his wife to the safety of the street. Seattle Times(Aug 24, 2016) Rader told The Hartford Courant the attacker hit her in the head with a pot and struck her 41 times with a fireplace stoker. Washington Times(May 22, 2015) 1n a mechanical device for stoking a furnace Hyper mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles 2n a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) Syn|Hyper fireman jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor Stoker (once / 45990 pages) n WORD FAMILY Stoker: Stokers USAGE EXAMPLESBeneath his answer—“Who is Bram Stoker?”—Jennings added a message: “I for one welcome our new computer overlords.” The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) Dracula, Bram Stoker’s enduring and iconic vampire, exists within the public domain. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) Stoker scholars point to drawings of Bran Castle in books found in the author’s office. Wall Street Journal(Nov 14, 2016) n Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) Syn|Exp Abraham Stoker, Bram Stoker author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
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