raiser
n. 举起者; 提出者; 筹集者; 饲养者
1. a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid
2. someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
He'd been a real hell-raiser as a young buck.
他年轻时是个十足的捣蛋鬼。
The three-race series will be a curtain-raiser to the Monaco Grand Prix in May.
这3场系列赛将为5月份的摩纳哥大奖赛拉开序幕。
Such a discontinuity or stress raiser causes a local increase of stress.
此类的不连续性或应力集中源会引起应力的局部增加.
Ah, icebox raiser. It's empty, how do you like that?
啊, 在冰箱顺手牵羊的家伙. 现在它空了, 你觉得 怎样 ?
Since it's acting as a curtain raiser to new styles.
因为,它成了新时尚的揭幕表演.