Cooper
['kuːpə] or ['kupɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs.
(noun.) United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851).
(noun.) United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961).
(noun.) United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883).
(verb.) make barrels and casks.
校对:伍德罗--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.
(v. t.) To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.
(n.) Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.
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解释:
n. a floating grog-shop.—v.i. to supply fishing-boats at sea with liquor.
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例句:
- Commend me to Fennimore Cooper to find beauty in the Indians, and to Grimes to find it in the Arabs. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In the building of the Cooper Institute in New York City in 1857 he was the first to employ such beams with brick arches to support the floors. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Van der Weyde, a well-known physicist in his day, and was exhibited by him before a technical audience at Cooper Union, New York, in 1868, and described shortly after in the technical press. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Sir Astley Cooper, the eminent surgeon, said to Robert Stephenson, when the latter called to see him about a new road, Your scheme is preposterous in the extreme. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Peter Cooper in the same year constructed a locomotive for short curves, for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Introduction of Iron Floor Beams in building Cooper Institute. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Cope and Cooper of Pennsylvania obtained a patent in 1826, and Manning obtained one in 1831. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Because the coopers were starting up the hill to inquire. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Which makes it more surprising in my son, said the old man, for he was not brought up to the Law, but to the Wine-Coopering. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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