bottler

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈbɑtəlɚ/|/ˈbɑtl̩ɚ/|[ˈbɑɾl̩ɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
    — They shall provide all bottlers with face guards,[…].
  2. a person or thing that is excellent or admirable. Australia,New-Zealand,often,slang
    — In Kiwi language anyway, the Minister of Industries and Commerce will go down in history as a real bottler in every sense of the word.
  3. A truck used for transporting bottled goods in crates.
  4. A person or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure. Frequently used in reference to the Cork senior hurlers. UK,slang
  5. A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.

词形变化

bottlers plural bottlers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
water bottler
相关词
butler

词源

词源 1
From Middle English boteller, botullere, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of butler.
词源 2
* Perhaps from the idea of something being of a high quality and worthy of preservation by bottling, probably from the phrase "good enough to bottle"; compare corker.
* Perhaps a modification of battler, Australian slang of similar meaning.
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