puer
名词 n.
英 /ˈpjuː.ə/|/ˈpjʊə/
美 /ˈpju.ɚ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
— A solution called the ‘pure’ or the 'pewer' (having never seen the word written.., we must spell it as pronounced) is prepared in a large vessel, and into this the skins are immersed.
- Alternative form of pu'er.
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Ellipsis of puer aeternus.
— “No; you called it that. Anyway, what’s wrong with ‘whither’?” / “Oh, that; we had to struggle through a high school commencement speech one time, something about ‘Whither now, oh, puers and puellas?’ and now the word gives us the hiccoughs.”
词形变化
词源
词源 1
Perhaps from French puer.
词源 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 普洱 (pǔ'ěr), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號/隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
词源 3
Borrowed from Latin puer (“boy, lad, child”).
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