opener

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈəʊ.pən.ə/    /ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/|/ˈəʉ.pən.ə/|/ˈəʉp.nə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who opens something.
    — Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"?
  2. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
  3. An establishment that opens. in-compounds
    — The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store.
  4. The player who starts the betting.
  5. Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting. in-plural
  6. A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
  7. The first act in a variety show or concert.
  8. A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
  9. The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation. colloquial
  10. The first game played in a competition.
    — The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.
  11. A opening goal.
  12. A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
  13. A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.
    — The Rays debuted the opener—in which a reliever starts the game and throws anywhere from one to three innings, then gives way to a new pitcher, who will usually throw three to five as essentially a second starter—on May 19 against the Angels, using veteran righty Sergio Romo to pitch the first.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of open: more open comparative,form-of
    — The letter y is also used for the slightly opener non-fricative sound heard in English year.

词形变化

openers plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English oppinnare, opynnare, from Old English openere, equivalent to open + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
词源 2
From open + -er (suffix forming comparative adjectives).
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