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bearers 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˈbe(ə)rər/,
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bearers, plural;
  1. A person or thing that carries or holds something
    • - I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings
    • - a flag-bearer
  2. A carrier of equipment on an expedition

  3. A person who carries the coffin at a funeral; pall-bearer

  4. A tree or plant that bears fruit or flowers

  5. A person who presents a check or other order to pay money
    • - promissory notes payable to the bearer
  6. Payable to the possessor
    • - bearer bonds
  1. (bearer) carrier: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
  2. (bearer) a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"
  3. (bearer) pallbearer: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
  4. (bearer) holder: the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"
  5. (Bearer (carrier)) A porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects for others.
  6. (bearer) One who bears; Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession; A domestic servant in India
  7. (Bearer) A member designed to distribute loads over a number of trusses.
  8. (Bearer) A sub-floor timber supporting the floor joists.
  9. (Bearer) Lender in whose hands the promissory note remains until it is paid in full.
  10. (Bearer) The supporter of a shield or an escutcheon.
  11. (Bearer) The legal owner of a piece of property.
  12. (Bearer) worked in a coal mine moving coal from the coal face to the shaft ready for lifting to the surface.
  13. (BEARER) a beam supported by jack studs, foundation walls, piles or piers which in turn supports joists, jack studs or subfloor framing.
  14. (Bearer) (1) A horizontal member of a scaffold on which the platform rests and which may be supported by ledgers. (2) Any load-supporting horizontal structural member. (3) Any device that provides support for a landing or window in a stair. ...
  15. (Bearer) A person who supposes/beliefs/thinks that the price will start to decline. Similarly, the bear market refers to a market in which the prices will decline, a pessimistic market.
  16. (Bearer) An active Pokémon who has a particular ability. Other active Pokémon are "non-bearers", even though they may have the same ability.
  17. (Bearer) Certificates (usually bonds) that are not registered in the holder's name, but are payable to the presenting party when due.
  18. (Bearer) Generic term for a carrier signal.
  19. (Bearer) One who is the holder or possessor of an instrument that is negotiable—for example, a check, a draft, or a note—and upon which a specific payee is not designated.
  20. (Bearer) Portador (m), soporte (m)
  21. (Bearer) The physical medium and set of protocols used to carry useful traffic as opposed to those used merely for the control signals that set up and maintain the link.
  22. (Bearer) This term on cheques and bills denotes that any person holding the same has the same right in respect of it, as the person who issued it.
  23. (Bearer) a person or thing that carries or holds something (like a messenger; page 185)
  24. (Bearer) heterozygous individual understanding in his genetic stock, for example, a recessive gene.
  25. (Bearer) negotiable instruments includes monetary instruments in bearer form such as: travellers cheques; negotiable instruments (including cheques, promissory notes and money orders) that are either in bearer form, endorsed without restriction, made out to a fictitious payee, or otherwise in ...