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单词 weaver
释义
weaver
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwiː.vər/us
/ˈwiː.vɚ/
apersonwhosejobisweavingclothand othermaterials(= making them bycrossingthreadsover and under each other):
织布工；编织者
basketweavers编篮筐的人
Maria was thegranddaughterof asilkweaver and thedaughterof acarpetweaver.玛丽亚是一名丝绸织工的孙女，也是一名地毯织工的女儿。
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  • Anestimated1 millionsariweavers arefacingalmostcertainruin.
  • Flemishweavers,spinners, and dyerstransformedthewoolintodesirablecloth.
  • Thepowerloomwipedout the handloom weavers onaccountofitsgreaterproductivity.
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(Definition ofweaverfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofweaver

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Yet these relationships allowed weavers quite differing degrees of control over what they produced.
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Finally, weavers exerted a great deal of leverage in the recruitment process.
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Clothiers and weavers experiencing hardship and who successfully obtained legislative favor had large memberships and were of stable trades.
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In any case, the relationship between the line jobber and the weavers, in particular, grew increasingly fractious.
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Among jute workers only weavers were not employed on every day basis, as their work required much more time to learn than other workers.
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The latter were formed around refugee occupation groups such as weavers and shoe makers as well as localities.
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During the porfiriato, the mills expected weavers to clean their looms without pay.
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The phenomenon of the weavers running away from their looms and villages was, therefore, increasingly becoming a grim reality.
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It was not paying enough to be taken up by specialist weavers and thus subjected to guild-like barriers.
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That is to say, they were framework knitters, handloom weavers, mill operatives, building workers, general labourers, shopkeepers, craftsmen, and so forth.
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Similarly, there was no sizeable difference between the incomes of a domesticweaverand a domestic servant.
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The rapid increase in cloth production per household or per capita implies that domestic weavers devoted an increasing proportion of their working hours to weaving.
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Alternatively, these whorls may not represent a spinning industry at all, but rather areas where weavers consumed surplus thread.
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Indebted weavers wishing to leave a karkhana usually had to persuade their new employer to pay off their advance.
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The rapid expansion of weaving boosted the status and skill of weavers.
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