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入门书,初级读本,雷管,导火线,底漆

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Primer \Prim"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, primes; specifically, an instrument
   or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing
   percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of
   gunpowder.

Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier.
   See {Premier}.]
   First; original; primary. [Obs.] ``The primer English
   kings.'' --Drayton.

   {Primer fine} (O. Eng. Law), a fine due to the king on the
      writ or commencement of a suit by fine. --Blackstone.

   {Primer seizin} (Feudal Law), the right of the king, when a
      tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive
      of the heir, if of full age, one year's profits of the
      land if in possession, and half a year's profits if the
      land was in reversion expectant on an estate for life; --
      now abolished. --Blackstone.

Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
   first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See {Prime}, n., 4.]
   1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
      containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
      work of elementary religious instruction.

            The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
                                                  Stillingfleet.

   2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
      reading or spelling book for a beginner.

            As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.

   3. (Print.) A kind of type, of which there are two species;
      one, called {long primer}, intermediate in size between
      bourgeois and small pica [see {Long primer}]; the other,
      called {great primer}, larger than pica.

   Note: Great primer type.

资料来源 : WordNet®

primer
     n 1: an introductory textbook
     2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a
        propellant [syn: {fuse}, {fuze}, {fusee}, {fuzee}, {priming}]
     3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a
        surface [syn: {flat coat}, {ground}, {priming}, {primer
        coat}, {priming coat}, {undercoat}]