tanner

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈtænɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
  2. A former British coin worth six old pence. UK,colloquial
    — [A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […]
  3. Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
    — Near-synonym: snow crab
  4. A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
    — Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set.
  5. A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of tan: more tan comparative,form-of
    — He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light.

词形变化

tanners plural tanners plural tanners plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan + -er.
词源 2
Named after John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), who designed a sixpence for the Royal Mint during the reign of King George II.
词源 3
Probably from the taxonomic eponym tanneri in the species name Chionoecetes tanneri, named after American naval officer Zera Luther Tanner (1835–1906).
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