archer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ar·cher /ˈɑːtʃə $ ˈɑːrtʃər/ noun [countable] DSOPMAsomeone who shoots arrows from a bow 射箭运动员；弓箭手
Examples from the Corpus
archer• Opposite An archer fish achieves a direct hit.• An archer with the guttural accent of a native of Reikwald forest agreed with the fanatic.• The half-man, half-horse archer, symbol of Sagittarius, would certainly be appropriate, Luce thought.• The fountain's archer is one of the city's top attractions, a status that baffles all who live here.• A nomination: Scottsdale archer Judi Adams.• You look at the archers and go so what?• And now the archers were shooting at will, selecting their targets where they best offered, without haste and without respite.• Five of us, and a dozen of them, with cudgels and daggers, and two archers among them.Origin archer (1200-1300) Old French Late Latin arcarius, from Latin arcus; → ARCar·cher nounChineseSyllable
from someone who shoots a bow arrows Corpus
Archer
Archer, Jef‧frey /ˈdʒefri/
(1940–) a British politician in the Conservative Party whose official title is Lord Archer. In a libel trial in 1987 he said things which were not true, and went to prison in 2001 for two years after he was found guilty of telling lies in court. He also writes very popular novels.
Archer, Jef‧frey /ˈdʒefri/
(1940–) a British politician in the Conservative Party whose official title is Lord Archer. In a libel trial in 1987 he said things which were not true, and went to prison in 2001 for two years after he was found guilty of telling lies in court. He also writes very popular novels.
