| 单词 | alum basket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalum basket alum basket n. now chiefly historical a small decorative wire basket covered in alum crystals by being dipped in a saturated solution of alum to give a sparkling effect. ΚΠ 1821 M. A. Knight Let. 15 Aug. in J. T. Fowler Corr. Wm. Fowler (1907) 412 Receipt for alum basket. Make your basket of brass wire, cover it with soft thick cotton, [etc.]. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxxviii. 404 Three ‘alum’ baskets of various colors—being skeleton-frame of wire, clothed-on with cubes of crystallized alum in the rock-candy style. 1922 J. C. Lincoln Fair Harbor vi. 92 The parlor..had the fullest and most satisfying assortment of whatnot curios and alum baskets. 2005 T. Horn Bees in Amer. (2006) iv. 118 When she made an alum basket and filled it with wax flowers, her father sold it for seven dollars. < as lemmas |
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