percherとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

percher (plural perchers)

1. One who fishes for perch.

語源 2

From perch (verb).

名詞

percher (plural perchers)

1. One that perches.
2. A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.
   • 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications:

     Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.

3. Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.

派生語

• chalky percher
• pygmy percher
• red percher
• scarlet percher
• wandering percher

語源 3

From perch (“a device over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).

名詞

percher (plural perchers)

1. (textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.

語源 4

From 中期英語 percher; equivalent to perch (“bar to support a candle”) +‎ -er.

名詞

percher (plural perchers)

1. A large candle, especially on an altar

アナグラム

• reperch

語源

From perche (“rod”) +‎ -er.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɛrt͡ʃər/

名詞

percher (plural perchers)

1. A percher (kind of candle).

派生した語

• English: percher

参照

• “percher, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.