thresher

名词 n.
/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything or anyone that threshes.
  2. A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail. historical
  3. A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
  4. Ellipsis of thresher shark. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis

词形变化

threshers plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.?
Proto-Germanic *þreskaną
Old English þrescan
Middle English threschen
Middle English -er
Middle English thresshere
English thresher
From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
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