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rail-splitter

/ˈreɪl ˌsplɪt.ər/

翻译: 名词,指把原木劈开以制作木条围栏等木制品的工人。也常指亚伯拉罕·林肯的绰号,因其早年曾从事劈木条的工作。

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noun

/ˈreɪl ˌsplɪt.ər/C2formal
  • zh名词,指把原木劈开以制作木条围栏等木制品的工人。也常指亚伯拉罕·林肯的绰号,因其早年曾从事劈木条的工作。

A noun referring to a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences.

  1. Laborer splitting logsC1formalamerican

    A worker who splits logs into rails, typically for building fences.

    zh劈木条工

    • The rail-splitter worked from dawn until dusk in the forest.
    • Abraham Lincoln was famously known as a rail-splitter in his youth.
    • The old farm still had fences built by a skilled rail-splitter.
词形
  • rail-splitters plural form
  • rail-splitters' possessive plural form
  • rail-splitter's possessive singular form