shaper
名词 n.
发音 shāʹpər
英文释义
名词 n.
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Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
— one's birth is a shaper of one's fortunes
- Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.; A person who designs and builds surfboards.
- Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.; A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
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词源
From Middle English schapere, alteration (perhaps due to Old Norse skaperi, skapari) of Old English sċyppend, sċieppend (“shaper; maker; creator”), equivalent to shape + -er. Cognate with Dutch schepper, German Schöpfer, Danish skaber, Swedish skapare, Icelandic skapari.
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