| 单词 | coolgardie safe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCoolgardie safe 1. attributive. Designating a type of safe or box used for keeping food cool, consisting of a rigid framework covered with hessian or netting, and cooled by damp strips of fabric hanging down the sides of the safe from a pan of water on top. Chiefly in Coolgardie safe. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > preserving by cooling or freezing > place or machine for ice room1758 ice chamber1768 icebox1792 cool chamber1801 ice chest1826 freezer1847 refrigerator1861 chill-room1884 ice cave1884 cold store1895 cool store1906 Coolgardie?1924 fridge1926 Frigidaire1926 deep freeze1941 chest freezer1947 hydro-cooler1947 reefer1958 fridge-freezer1971 flash freezer1984 blast freezer1986 ?1924 M. F. Maw & M. Jordan Hints for Pioneering Homemakers 5 Coolgardie safes—All sizes, both straight and sloping sides, galvanised frames, covered with hessian. 1940 A. Gaston Coolgardie Gold xi. 135 Eventually one of the most useful articles now used in all dry areas of Australia was invented—the Coolgardie cool-safe. 1959 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker 72/1 Many homesteads had a Coolgardie-safe, which was a frame covered with flyproof netting. On top was a wide, flat pan, and strips of hessian hung from the pan to the floor. These strips would draw water and keep the air in the safe reasonably cool. 2000 D. Horton Pure State of Nature iv. 62 Everyone knows that food storage was a problem for Aborigines and indeed for the colonists until the invention of the Coolgardie Safe and eventually the ice chest. < as lemmas |
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