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/web-ster/US // ˈwɛb stər //UK // (ˈwɛbstə) //

韦伯斯特,韦斯特,维斯特,韦伯斯特

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : a weaver.

Examples

  • Of the three nominated, Webster did the best, receiving 12 votes, Gohmert and Yoho received three and two votes, respectively.

  • The definition of “innuendo,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “an oblique allusion.”

  • But, together, Webster, Clay, and Calhoun delayed the Civil War for 40 years.

  • From the 1820s to the 1850s, the upper house was dominated by Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John Calhoun.

  • And Daniel Webster, a great opponent of slavery, supported the vile Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act and all.

  • And so this is why the clever performer cannot reproduce the effect of a speech of Demosthenes or Daniel Webster.

  • Mr. Webster could not have hit my crotchet more exactly, if he had taken aim at it on purpose.

  • If any one does not know the difference between create and make, let him turn to his dictionary, and Webster will inform him.

  • He has been all his life an ardent Whig, and Clay and Webster were his standards of political orthodoxy.

  • When the edition of those speeches was prepared, a selection from Webster's great speeches was contemplated as a companion volume.