piner

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A torturer. obsolete
  2. A labourer, especially a turf cutter. Scotland
  3. Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade. Tasmania
    — Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills.
  4. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
  5. Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander. Southern-US
  6. Someone who is pining for something. rare

词形变化

piners plural piners plural piners plural

词源

词源 1
From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.
词源 2
Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).
词源 3
From pine (“type of tree”) + -er.
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