释义 |
-er1/ə/suffix forming nouns from nouns, adjectives, and many verbs, denoting 构成名词、形容词、动词,表示 : 1 a person, animal, or thing that performs a specified action or activity (cobbler 补鞋匠; lover 爱人; executioner 刽子手; poker 拨火棍; computer 计算机; eye-opener 有启发性的东西) 人,动物,器具 2 a person or thing that has a specified attribute or form (foreigner 外国人; four-wheeler 四轮出租马车; second-rater 二流人物) 具有某种特点的人或物 3 a person concerned with a specified thing or subject (hatter 帽商; geographer 地理学者) 与…有关的人 4 a person belonging to a specified place or group (villager 村民; New Zealander 新西兰人; sixth-former 六年级学生) 属于…的人 [originally ‘a person who has to do with’: Old English -ere, from Germanic] |