chiseler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who uses a chisel for carving.
  2. A cheat; a swindler; a con artist. informal
    — [Of course $20,000 is too much.] Only a cheap chiseler would ask that much.
  3. A child. Ireland,informal
    — --Reuben and the son were piking it down the quay next the river on their way to the Isle of Man boat and the young chiseller suddenly got loose and over the wall with him into the Liffey.

词形变化

chiselers plural chiseller alternative

词汇关系

近义词
spiv

词源

Etymology tree
English chisel
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 chiseler
From chisel + -er.
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