biter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbaɪtə/    美 /ˈbaɪtɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite. agent,form-of
    — Not all dogs are biters.
  2. Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits. in-compounds
    — The first microprocessor was a 4-bit device called the 4004. Today you can buy 1-bit machines, 4-biters, 8-biters, 12-biters and 16-biters. Which one should you buy, and why?
  3. A fish that tends to take bait.
    — She tried the same cast several times. I signaled her to switch flies. After two such changes we still couldn't move the fish. Some steelhead are biters; some are not.
  4. A person who takes up an offer or request. figuratively
    — I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any biters
  5. A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
  6. One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop. slang
  7. A cheat or fraudster. obsolete
  8. A zombie.

词形变化

biters plural biters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ankle biter ankle-biter backbiter back biter crib-biter cross-biter day-biter leg biter nail-biter nail biter neckbiter night-biter night biter ox-biter pillar-biter pillow-biter sheep-biter the biter bit toe-biter toe biter tyre biter wart-biter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English bit
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 biter
From bit + -er.
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