| 单词 |
continuer |
| 释义 |
continuer|kənˈtɪnjuːə(r)|
[f. continue v. + -er1.]
1. One who continues, or carries on; esp. one who continues a history or other unfinished work.
1548Hall Chron. 245 b, The norice and continuer of warre and hostilitie. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 222 The Continuer of Thuanus his History. 1658Sir H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 213 Holding only Fame to be the strongest continuer of a family. 1706Hearne Collect. 25 May (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) I. 253 The Continuer of Athenæ Oxon. 1875Whitney Life Lang. vii. 119 The inheritors and continuers of a common civilization.
2. One who continues in a state, etc.; one who persists, remains, keeps on, stays.
1548Hall Chron. Hen. IV, an. i. 11 He now obteynyng the crowne of the realme, yf he wer therin a long continuer. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxix. (1887) 211 Continuers at home. 1599Shakes. Much Ado i. i. 143, I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. 1632D. Lupton Lond. & Countrey carbonadoed, Tenants at will in Halliwell Repr. Charac. Bks. (1857) 309 These are Continuers onely upon their Maisters pleasure. |
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