| 释义 |
▪ I. creamer|ˈkriːmə(r)|
[f. cream v. + -er1.]
a. A flat dish for skimming the cream off milk.
b. A machine for separating cream.
1858Slight & Burn Farm. Implem. 509 The creaming-dish..made of china, and sometimes called the skimmer or creamer, is for taking the cream off. 1885J. Long Brit. Dairy-Farming 201 At Delft..two creamers are worked.
c. Also cow-creamer (see cow n.1 8). A cream-jug. orig. U.S.
1877Mrs. E. S. Ward Story of Avis 237 That rose-curlew on the creamer is like a singing leaf, I think. 1893‘O. Thanet’ Stories Western Town 215 But she remembered the silver service, the coffee-pot,..the creamer,..the sugar-bowl. 1960House & Garden Aug. 46/3 Creamer..8s. 2d. 1970Guardian 17 Dec. 9/5 Coffee pot, sugar bowl, creamer.
▪ II. creamer, creamerie, -ry
var. of cramer, cramery, Sc., pedlar, etc. |