Thresher
['θreʃə] or ['θrɛʃɚ]
解释:
(noun.) large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
(noun.) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.
编辑:摩尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
(n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
(n.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.
(n.) Same as Thrasher.
校对:凯尔西
例句:
- In 1828, Lane, of Maine, combined the reaper and thresher. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Following the binder in easy sequences came the corn binder, push binder, header and harvester thresher. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Reaper and Thresher combined by Lane, of Maine, 1828. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The sewing machine, reaper, and thresher have passed away, and so also have all india-rubber goods. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Flax-threshers for beating the grain from the bolls of the cured flax plant, removing the bolls, releasing and cleaning the seed, are also a modern invention. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Combined harvesters and threshers have been known since 1836, but they have been much improved and are now built on a much larger scale. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
整理:泰勒