| 释义 |
‖ supellex rare.|s(j)uːˈpɛlɛks|
[L.]
lit. Household furniture; fig. the equipment or apparatus for an experiment or operation.
1553Bradford Serm. Repent. To Chr. Rdr., Knowing how short my supellex and store is [ed. 1574 how slender my store is]. a1697Aubrey Lives (1898) I. 9 The way to make it [sc. astrology] perfect is to gett a supellex of true genitures. 1794Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 40 This solid therefore should make part of the mineralogical supellex. 1885Blackw. Mag. Oct. 523/1 His supellex consisted of the iron pot aforesaid, and a hollow bamboo for water. |