单词 | ripper |
释义 | ripper /rip"euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that rips. 2. Also, ripper bill, ripper act. a legislative bill or act for taking powers of appointment to and removal from office away from the usual holders of these powers and conferring them unrestrictedly on a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, or on a board of officials. 3. a double-ripper. 4. a killer who dispatches and often mutilates victims with a knife or similar weapon. 5. Mining. a hooklike tool, attached to earth-moving machinery, for tearing away ore, rock, etc. 6. Chiefly Brit. Slang. something especially strong, fine, or good of its kind. [1605-15; RIP1 + -ER1] |
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