masher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, mashes.
  2. A fashionable man. dated,informal
    — For in this quality of “clubbable,” and the value now put upon it, lies the whole secret of change in our fast men, mashers, and men about town.
  3. A machine for making mash.
  4. A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway. Australia,Canada,US,dated
    — "Oh, gee!" remarked the Girl from Sieber-Mason's, glancing up with the most capable coolness. "Ain't there any way to ever get rid of you mashers? I've tried everything from eating onions to using hatpins. Be on your way, Freddie."

词形变化

mashers plural mashers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
button masher molar masher potato masher
相关词
mash masherdom mash note

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English mash
English -er
English masher
From mash + -er.
词源 2
Either by analogy with masher (“one who presses, softens”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s.
Either originally borrowed as masher, from masha, or from mash + -er.
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