| 释义 |
Sterno U.S.|ˈstɜːnəʊ|
A proprietary name for solidified alcohol supplied in containers for use as fuel for cooking stoves, etc.
1915Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 May 672/1 Sterno. S. Sternau & Co., New York, N.Y. Filed Mar. 24, 1915... Solid fuel composed mainly of alcohol. Claims use since Jan. 12, 1915. 1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. ix. 186 Somebody had squeezed the alcohol out of several cans of Sterno and added sugar, water and boiled-off spirits of nitre and called it wine. 1958Washington Post 1 Nov. 1/3 They drink stuff like..Sterno (liquefied and strained ‘canned heat’). 1969Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 July 1237/2 Sterno... Solid fuels consisting mainly of alcohol. Colgate-Palmolive Company,..New York, State of New York 10022, United States of America; Manufacturers. 1978R. Doliner On Edge (1979) xvii. 223 There was no electricity... He cooked his meals over a can of Sterno. 1979P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express i. 16 Survival techniques at home..cooking on Sterno stoves and the like. |