“provoker”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

provoker

释义

provoker|prəʊˈvəʊkə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er¹.]
One who or that which provokes (in various senses); a challenger, instigator, inciter, irritator, etc.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 435 A noble yonge man, Hew by name,..toke the batelle for the kynge, and did sle his provoker.a1541Wyatt Penit. Ps. xxxviii. 62 My provokers..That without cause to hurt me do not cease.1605Shakes. Macb. ii. iii. 27 Drinke, Sir, is a great prouoker of three things.a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 162 Fear..is a just provoker of our tears.1711Addison Spect. No. 47 ⁋11 Men who are such Provokers of Mirth in Conversation, that it is impossible for a Club or Merry-meeting to subsist without them.a1860J. A. Alexander Gosp. Christ xxx. (1861) 401 The foolhardiest provoker of temptation.
Hence proˈvokeress, a female provoker.
1611Cotgr., Concitatrice, a concitatrix; incitresse, prouokeresse.

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