quitter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkwɪ.tə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus. Jamaica,regional,uncountable
    — Therfor Sathan [...] smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top; which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil.
  2. One who quits, as:; One who gives in.
    — Winners never quit and quitters never win.
  3. Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”). alt-of,alternative,uncountable
  4. One who quits, as:; One who succeeds in desisting from a vice, especially smoking, drinking, or drugging.
    — Quitters are winners! If you can't quit on the first try, hang in there and try to quit again!
  5. Scoria of tin. obsolete,uncountable
  6. A leaver. archaic
  7. A deliverer. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To suppurate; ooze with pus.

词形变化

quittor alternative quitture alternative,obsolete quitters present,singular,third-person quittering participle,present quittered participle,past quittered past quittor alternative quitture alternative,obsolete quitters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonquitter ragequitter spitters are quitters

词源

词源 1
From Middle English quitter, from Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English quit
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 quitter
From quit + -er.
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