waterer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who waters plants.
    — She has dabbled in jobs as various as plant-waterer for a garden centre, trackwork rider for a racehorse trainer and librarian's assistant […]
  2. One who waters down, or dilutes, something.
    — Any Community funds intended for wine producers should benefit the producers and not the manufacturers of false labels, the forgers of transit papers, the mixers or waterers of wine or the resourceful characters who defy science and produce wine without using any grapes whatsoever.
  3. A device used for watering.
    — She installed an automatic waterer for her garden.
  4. A device from which livestock, poultry, or pets may drink.
    — Clean the chicks' waterer each time you refill it.

词形变化

waterers plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Germanic *watōr
Proto-West Germanic *watar
Old English wæter
Middle English water
English water
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 waterer
From water + -er.
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