English Dictionary

sawyer

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɔːjə/

名詞

アメリカ英語 方言

One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit. / (US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.

日本語の意味

製材工：溝などで木材を切断する職人 / （米国英語）川の流れによって押し流され、転がるなどして切り離された大きな木の幹

The sawyer worked from dawn until dusk in the sawpit, sending steady planks down to the stack.

木材をのこぎりで切る人は、日の出から日没まで木挽き場で働き、板材を積み上げていた。

意味（1）

One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.

意味（2）

(US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.

‘A’most used-up I am, I do declare!’ she observed. ‘The jolting in the cars is pretty nigh as bad as if the rail was full of snags and sawyers.’

意味（3）

A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.

意味（4）

(US, dialect) The bowfin.

sawyers （ plural ）