placer

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who places or arranges something.
    — Thou placer of plants both humble and tall
  2. A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality. Australia,New-Zealand
    — This is a “placer” sheep, as it is called. The prerequisites to this condition are that the young sheep must be still nursing, but must have begun to nibble grass. It must be the young of a mother that has been somewhat isolated, away from the corral and away from the herd, by herself out on the prairie. Now, when the mother dies, the lamb remains close to the mother′s body[…].
  3. A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
  4. One who deals in stolen goods; a fence. slang
  5. Any place holding treasures. broadly
  6. A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race. in-compounds
    — a third-placer
形容词 adj.
  1. alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver not-comparable
    — Placer gold comes from the weathering of the primary veins releasing the gold to be transported by water action and concentrated in gravel or sand beds.

词形变化

placers plural placers plural placers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Placer County Placerville

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English place
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English placer
From place + -er (agent noun suffix).
词源 2
From place + -er (suffix apparently denoting association).
词源 3
From American Spanish placer, from earlier placel, apparently from obsolete Portuguese placel.
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