extender

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who extends.
    — The public has learned to accept the services of physician extenders as a substitute for a qualified medical doctor, but the medical profession itself will, I daresay, continue to erect substantial barriers to any policy or effort that directly affects income.
  2. Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
    — “Flour” routinely contained crushed stone or gypsum as a cheap extender.
  3. Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
  4. Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
    — Soy protein is used as a meat extender.
  5. A runner, or quick-draw.
  6. A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".

词形变化

extenders plural

词源

Etymology tree
English extend
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 extender
From extend + -er.
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