| 释义 |
Teasmade|ˈtiːzmeɪd|
[perh. f. phr. tea's made.]
The proprietary name of a brand of automatic tea-maker (see tea-maker (d) s.v. tea n. 9 c).
1938Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 Jan. 93/2 Goblin Teasmade... Time controlled electric water heating and tea making apparatus. The British Vacuum Cleaner & Engineering Company Limited,..Fulham, London, S.W.6; manufacturers. 1958Spectator 6 June 754/2 The Goblin Vacuum Cleaner, Goblin Washing Machines and the Goblin Teasmades. 1980A. N. Wilson Healing Art 271 The electric clock on the Teasmade in the bedroom. 1983Sunday Tel. 31 July 8/7 He was wearing a watch—one of those that..cannot be used as a calculator and do not double as a Teasmade. It merely gives the time. |