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词汇 beater
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beater n.

mid-14c., "an implement for beating;" mid-15c., "a person who punishes" (c. 1200 as a surname); agent noun from beat (v.). Old English had beatere "boxer." Of various mechanical devices that "beat" in some sense from early 17c. The meaning "one who rouses game" is from 1825. The slang sense of "old car" is by c. 1980.

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