| 释义 |
definer|dɪˈfaɪnə(r)|
[f. define v. + -er1.]
One who or that which defines.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 239 margin, Orismus, or the Definer of difference. 1645Milton Colast. (1851) 347 Yee see already what a faithfull definer wee have him. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 137 To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Uses Gt. Men Wks. (Bohn) I. 278 A definer and map-maker of the latitudes and longitudes of our condition. |
