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leveller

/lev-uh-ler/US // ˈlɛv ə lər //UK // (ˈlɛvələ) //

平水机,平水师,平移器,平地机

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of the Parliamentary army advocating constitutional reforms, equal rights, and religious tolerance.
    • : Chiefly British. leveler.

Examples

  • The old leveller, Nature, is at her eternal work of rotation, turning the big wheel round.

  • He was an Educationalist, and Education is the true Leveller.

  • The most immediate effect upon Glen of the leveller's departure was to promote him and increase his pay.

  • The eighteenth century was by no means a leveller of distinctions, but all classes met together without levelling.

  • Like Mrs. Cornelys's masquerades and assemblies, Vauxhall was the great leveller of the eighteenth century.