poulterer
英 ['pəʊlt(ə)rə]
美['poltərɚ]
- n. 鸟贩；家禽贩
- n. (Poulterer)人名；(英)波尔特勒
英文词源
- poulterer (n.)
- "dealer in poultry," 1630s, a redundancy, but it has largely ousted original poulter (mid-13c., pulter), from Anglo-French poleter, pulleter, Old French pouletier "poulterer," from pouletrie (see poultry). With agent suffix -er (1). Poetic poulter's measure (1570s), according to Miller Williams, is "So called because with its thirteen feet it suggests the poulter's old practice of giving an extra egg with the second dozen." ["Patterns of Poetry," Louisiana State University, 1986].
双语例句
- 1. Commend me to the nurseryman and the poulterer.
- 把我介绍给苗木培养工或者家禽贩子吧.
来自辞典例句
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