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织布工,编织者
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Weaver \Weav"er\, n.
1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. ``Weavers
of linen.'' --P. Plowman.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A weaver bird.
3. (Zo["o]l.) An aquatic beetle of the genus {Gyrinus}. See
{Whirling}.
{Weaver bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to
{Ploceus} and allied genera of the family {Ploceid[ae]}.
Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size,
colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile
nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar
materials. In some of the species the nest is
retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube.
{Weavers' shuttle} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian marine univalve
shell ({Radius volva}); -- so called from its shape. See
Illust. of {Shuttle shell}, under {Shuttle}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
weaver
n 1: a craftsman who weaves cloth
2: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their
elaborately woven nests [syn: {weaverbird}, {weaver finch}]