presser

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as
    — Visiting a traditional vineyard, we watched the grape pressers treading the grapes underfoot.
  2. A press release. informal
  3. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as:; A member of a press-gang, who forces (presses) others into service.
    — 2012, Sophia Kingshill, The Estate of Jennifer Westwood, The Fabled Coast Overnight, North Shields was cordoned off by soldiers while the pressers descended in force, and left with a haul of more than two hundred and fifty men, including sailors, mechanics, and every kind of labourer.
  4. A press conference or press briefing. informal
    — At the presser, [Scott] Morrison confirmed that the petrol tax of 22 cents a litre will go back to 44 cents after six months despite prices nudging $2 a litre again; […]
  5. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as:; A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.
    — He saw the man who did the cleaning and pressing for the hotel, a man whom he had always seen before in the gloom of the pressing shop sweating over a steam presser.
  6. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as:; Alternative spelling of pressor: synonym of vasopressor. alt-of,alternative

词形变化

pressers plural pressers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hot-presser oilpresser point presser presser beam presser foot seam presser

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English press
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 presser
From press (verb) + -er (“agent -er”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English press
English -er
English presser
From press (“press release/press conference”) + -er (Variety “-er”).
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