finisher
/ˈfɪnɪʃə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfɪnɪʃər/ (ame, ipa) · /-shə(r)/ (ame, mw)
finisher — noun
- finishersingular
- finishersplural
1. someone (or an animal such as a horse) who reaches the end of a race or other at
someone (or an animal such as a horse) who reaches the end of a race or other athletic event — used especially when you want to note the rank, time, or simply the fact of crossing the line.
Caio was the first finisher in the Rio half-marathon last Sunday.
ordinal modifier: the first finisher
Of the eighty starters, only thirty-two were finishers by the time the storm hit.
contrast with 'starters' to mean those who completed
Maeve crossed the line in tears, the last finisher of the Dublin city marathon.
The brown mare was a strong finisher and overtook two horses in the final stretch.
Race officials handed every finisher a small medal and a bottle of water.
- DNF (did not finish)
standard race-report label for a starter who dropped out
- dropout
informal; someone who quit before the end
文法句型
countable noun
often with ordinal: the first/last/fastest finisher
用法筆記
Often paired with an ordinal or qualitative adjective (first, last, fastest, strong, late) to rank or describe how the runner / horse / car completed. Distinguish from sense 2: a race finisher is the competitor; sense 2 is the worker who applies the last manufacturing step.
常見錯誤
2. a craft worker or factory machine whose job is the very last bit of making somet
a craft worker or factory machine whose job is the very last bit of making something — polishing, painting, smoothing, or otherwise tidying the surface before the item is packed and sold.
Élise trained as a leather finisher and now polishes handbags at a Paris workshop.
premodifier: leather finisher
The factory hired three new finishers to paint and pack the wooden chairs.
plural workforce noun in a manufacturing setting
An automatic finisher smooths the edges of every tile before it leaves the production line.
Jabari works as a furniture finisher and spends his days sanding and varnishing cabinets.
The old paint finisher in the back room had been there for forty years.
文法句型
countable noun
often premodified by the material: a leather finisher, a furniture finisher
用法筆記
Usually preceded by the material or product type that names the specialism (leather finisher, furniture finisher, paint finisher). Refers to either a human craft worker or, in modern factories, an automated machine that performs the same last step. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about manufacturing, not racing.