| 单词 | cheese box |
| 释义 | > as lemmascheese box cheese box n. (a) a box for cheese, typically cylindrical in shape; (b) U.S. a ship with one or more cylindrical gun turrets (likened in shape to cheese boxes); = monitor n. 4b (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for cheese cheese tub1513 cheese box1855 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat > floating battery floating battery1695 pram1715 cheese box1855 monitor1863 1855 Knickerbocker Jan. 14 A cheese-box, used as a tanning-vat. 1862 N.Y. Tribune 10 June Where is the Monitor? We have not heard a word of the little cheese-box since the repulse in James River until yesterday. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 335 Irreverent Confederates called the hideous-looking vessels cheese-boxes. 1918 N.Y. Produce Rev. & Amer. Creamery 27 Mar. 788/1 Are you finding any difficulty in securing wooden cheese boxes for the coming season? 1936 R. Slaughter in C. L. Perdue et al. Weevils in Wheat (1976) 269 I know the names of all the gunboats... There was the Galena, we called her the old cheese box. 2011 M. Karlin Artisan Cheese Making at Home iv. 167/2 When the cheese is nearing the desired ripeness, transfer it to the traditional wooden cheese box to finish. < as lemmas |
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