perisher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An annoying child, a brat. UK,informal
    — Get off my lawn, you little perisher!
  2. One who perishes. rare
    — The Perishers Various peoples have perished in the past - for instance, Neanderthal Man and, later, the Tasmanians. Others are in the process of perishing - the aboriginees of Australia, the Bushmen, the Ituri Pygmies and the Red Indians.
  3. An extreme act; a case of going all in. Australia,UK,obsolete
    — 'So I've come down to Coltonslough, being, as I understand, the dullest hole upon the earth's crust, and I mean to go in a perisher.' A 'perisher' was his expression. 'And I mean to read like old boots; so you may let your servant light me a fire, ...'

词形变化

perishers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Perisher Valley

词源

Etymology tree
English perish
English -er
English perisher
From perish + -er.
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