| 释义 |
‖ bombilla|bomˈbiʎa|
[Sp., dim. of bomba.]
A vessel from which maté is drunk in South America.
1866Commissioners of Patents Jrnl. 24 July 1094/1 Patent 1895 [for] apparatus used for imbibing or sucking in liquids, known as ‘bombillas’. 1921Glasgow Herald 11 Feb. 9 A bombilla manufactured specially for the South American market. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. June 382/1 Maté circulates in a small gourd-shaped vessel, each person taking a pull at the bombilla, a kind of spoon-strainer perforated to let the liquid pass. |