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单词 fisher
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fisher1

noun ˈfɪʃə
  • 1A person who catches fish for a living or for sport.

    he was an enthusiastic fisher and hunter
    an experienced trout fisher will be on hand to guide and advise
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He and his band have been hunters, fishers and farmers.
    • These offer information about shifting shoals, sandbars and such that can be critical for boaters and productive for fishers.
    • The third and fully revised edition should be on the bookshelf of all saltwater fly fishers.
    • His traditional roots show as he weaves tales from life as it was for Canada's early settlers, hunters, fishers, explorers and adventurers.
    • Rivers containing migratory fish have additional laws attached and trout fishers must pay attention.
  • 2A large brown marten valued for its fur, found in North American woodland where it frequently preys on porcupines.

    鱼貂。北美亦称PEKAN

    Martes pennanti, family Mustelidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was the kind of place fishers like: a closed canopy, a supply of dead standing trees to make dens in, and plenty of trees of different heights and deadwood on the ground, where a hungry fisher might find prey.
    • Bobcats, wolverines, and fishers, that know how to flip the animal on its back and expose its unprotected underside, are the most adept at killing porcupines.
    • The bear, wolf, coyote, fisher, wolverine, otter, and lynx prey upon the beaver who is, nevertheless, a powerful antagonist when at bay.
    • His first love is orphaned river otters - also members of the weasel family - but fishers have come to take second place.
    • Like other mustelids, fishers have a high metabolic rate and are ravenous eaters.

Origin

Old English fiscere 'fisherman', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch visser and German Fischer, also to fish1.

Rhymes

Fischer, fissure, justiciar, Laetitia, militia, Patricia, Phoenicia, Tricia

Fisher2

proper nounˈfɪʃə
  • A shipping forecast area in the North Sea off northern Jutland and the mouth of the Skagerrak.

Definition of fisher in US English:

fisher

nounˈfiSHərˈfɪʃər
  • 1A person who catches fish for a living or for sport.

    he was an enthusiastic fisher and hunter
    an experienced trout fisher will be on hand to guide and advise
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He and his band have been hunters, fishers and farmers.
    • These offer information about shifting shoals, sandbars and such that can be critical for boaters and productive for fishers.
    • The third and fully revised edition should be on the bookshelf of all saltwater fly fishers.
    • Rivers containing migratory fish have additional laws attached and trout fishers must pay attention.
    • His traditional roots show as he weaves tales from life as it was for Canada's early settlers, hunters, fishers, explorers and adventurers.
  • 2A large brown marten valued for its fur, found in North American woodland where it frequently preys on porcupines.

    鱼貂。北美亦称PEKAN

    Martes pennanti, family Mustelidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bear, wolf, coyote, fisher, wolverine, otter, and lynx prey upon the beaver who is, nevertheless, a powerful antagonist when at bay.
    • This was the kind of place fishers like: a closed canopy, a supply of dead standing trees to make dens in, and plenty of trees of different heights and deadwood on the ground, where a hungry fisher might find prey.
    • Bobcats, wolverines, and fishers, that know how to flip the animal on its back and expose its unprotected underside, are the most adept at killing porcupines.
    • Like other mustelids, fishers have a high metabolic rate and are ravenous eaters.
    • His first love is orphaned river otters - also members of the weasel family - but fishers have come to take second place.

Origin

Old English fiscere ‘fisherman’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch visser and German Fischer, also to fish.

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