cheater

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
    — The Old Viper's an old cheater, an old hornswoggler.
  2. An escheater. obsolete
  3. Someone who cheats; something that cheats.; Synonym of adulterer.
  4. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).; An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
  5. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).; Any of various auxiliary lenses added to the visor of a welding hood to improve visibility, such as by providing refractive correction for presbyopia or providing magnification (e.g., 2×, 5×, 10×).

词形变化

cheaters plural cheaters plural

词源

词源 1
From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.
词源 2
From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat + -er.
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