| 释义 |
distiller|dɪˈstɪlə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who or that which distils: see the verb.
1577Fenton Gold. Epist. 15 A distiller of waters. 1605Timme Quersit. iii. 186 Thy vessell..must be such as the chymicall distillars do use. 1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 266 This tree..is a very great distiller of water, which drops out of the leaves of it. 1821Scott Kenilw. xi, He was a learned distiller of simples, and a profound chemist.
b. spec. One who extracts alcoholic spirit by distillation.[1638The Distillers' Company (of London) incorporated.] 1639(title), The Distiller of London, compiled and set forth for the sole use of the company of Distillers of London. Ibid. Pref. 10 Our duty requires us all (that are Distillers by profession and Trade) to acknowledge [etc.]. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. II. v. xv. 237/1 Even the Distillers of Aqua Vitæ, and Vinegar-makers, did engross it up. 1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 105 The chief use of yest is for raising bread, and exciting fermentation in malt infusions for brewers, distillers, and vinegar makers. 1846J. Joyce Sci. Dial. xviii. 182 A distiller's crane or syphon.
c. fig.
a1631Donne Ess. (1651) 67 That late Italian Distiller and Sublimer of old definitions. 1713Pope Guardian No. 92 ⁋4 A great distiller of the maxims of Tacitus. 1895Daily News 30 Dec. 6/3 The historic expression is the distilled essence of the ponderous sentence. Who was the distiller?
2. An apparatus for the distillation of salt water at sea; more fully called distilling apparatus or distilling condenser.
1885R. Sennett Marine Steam Engine (ed. 2) 567 In some ships of the Royal Navy other kinds of distillers have been fitted. 1895Times 1 Feb. 12/6 There are also in the engine-rooms two main-feed pumps, two evaporators and distillers, four bilge and fire engines.
Hence diˈstilleress, a female distiller.
1841Fraser's Mag. XXV. 599 An eminent private distilleress of that seducing liquor called potheen. |