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語源 1

From cheat +‎ -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.

名詞

cheater (plural cheaters)

1. Someone who cheats; something that cheats.

   Synonym: cheat (person)

   • 1990, Terry Griggs, Quickening, page 131:

     The Old Viper's an old cheater, an old hornswoggler.

   • 2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge:

     Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner.

   1. Synonym of adulterer.
2. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).

   Coordinate terms: cheat sheet, crib sheet

   1. An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
   2. Any of various auxiliary lenses added to the visor of a welding hood to improve visibility, such as by providing refractive correction for presbyopia or providing magnification (e.g., 2×, 5×, 10×).

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat +‎ -er.

名詞

cheater (plural cheaters)

1. (obsolete) An escheater.

参考

• cheaters (plurale tantum)

アナグラム

• hectare, rechate, recheat, reteach, teacher