bonesetter
/bohn-set-er/US // ˈboʊnˌsɛt ər //UK // (ˈbəʊnˌsɛtə) //
骨骼矫正器,粘合剂,骨头学家
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person who treats or sets fractures, broken or dislocated bones, or the like, especially one who is not a regular physician or surgeon; healer.
Examples
She bows her old head to a voice that speaks to her loudly, her bonesetter, her medicineman: me she slights.
But he turned at the last words uttered by the bonesetter, with an almost frenzied motion, and came to him with uplifted dagger.
At this point the wily bonesetter paused, and pressed the hand of the countess to make her attentive to his words.
In the absence of the count she ventured to send for the bonesetter, whose name she had caught and remembered.
Though the expression of despair on the duke's face was truly awful, the bonesetter could not repress a smile.
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