farrier: [16] Etymologically, a farrier is a ‘worker in iron’. The word comes via Old French ferrier from Latin ferrārius, a derivative of ferum. This meant literally ‘iron’ (it is the source of English ferrous [19], and may well have been borrowed from a Semitic source), and already in classical times was being applied metaphorically to implements made from iron, particularly ‘swords’. Its use for ‘horseshoe’, on which the meaning of farrier is based, is a medieval Latin development. => ferrous
farrier (n.)
1560s, "one who shoes horses," from Middle French ferrier "blacksmith," from Latin ferrarius "blacksmith," noun use of adjective meaning "of iron," from ferrum "iron" (in Medieval Latin, also "horseshoe"); see ferro-. An earlier form of it in English was ferrer, ferrour "ironsmith" (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French ferreor, from Medieval Latin ferrator "blacksmith."
双语例句
1. Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on.
法里尔先生拍得汽车后再将其转手。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A man who shoes horses is called a farrier.
为马钉蹄铁的人叫做蹄铁匠.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Communication with, and assistance for treating veterinarian, farrier, fire brigade, sanitary organisation police.
