sneezer

名词 n.
/ˈsniːzə/    /ˈsnizɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who sneezes.
    — Hay feverites will be interested to know that Sydney Smith was also a sneezer.
  2. A person's nose. slang
    — He punched me right in the sneezer!
  3. Prison. US,dated,slang
    — ‘No cure for lads like you, is there?’ he said. ‘Except to throw you in the sneezer.’
  4. A snuffbox. UK,obsolete,slang
    — He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker, has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]
  5. A handkerchief. UK,obsolete,slang
    — Some person has deprived me of my East Indian silk handkerchief. — What, have you lost your sneezer?

词形变化

sneezers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English sneeze
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 sneezer
From sneeze + -er.
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