carver

名词 n.
/ˈkɑːvə/    /ˈkɑɹvɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
  2. A carving knife. dated
  3. A butcher. dated
  4. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
    — She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.
  5. A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

词形变化

carvers plural

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *kerbaną
Proto-West Germanic *kerban
Old English ċeorfan
Middle English kerven
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
Middle English kerver
English carver
From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).
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