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单词 esky
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Eskyn.

Brit. /ˈɛski/, U.S. /ˈɛski/, Australian English /ˈeski/
Forms: Also esky.
Etymology: Proprietary: perhaps < Esk- (in Eskimo n.) + -y suffix6.
Australian.
A proprietary name for: a portable, insulated container, used esp. to keep food or drink cool.
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > insulated
Esky1962
1962 Austral. Official Jrnl. Patents 13 Sept. 1997/2 Class 11. Esky..2nd Nov., 1961. Cooling apparatus and equipment inclusive of portable ice boxes. Malleys Ltd..128 Rothschild-avenue, Rosebery, New South Wales, Australia, manufacturers.
1965 E. Brown Big Man xiii. 110 That indispensable addition to Australian motoring, an ‘Esky’ ice-box. Captain Barnes noticed him staring at the ‘Esky’ and its contents.
1971 Telegraph (Brisbane) 10 Nov. 26/4 The bulk of the kidneys were being freighted in ‘common old eskies’.
1975 Times 8 Jan. 11/1 The Hill [at Sydney] is..for taking as many cans of beer as an ‘esky’ (a portable icebox) can carry.
1980 Listener 23 Oct. 524/3 People clutching their ‘Eskys’—plastic picnic hampers which keep the food fresh.
1983 Age (Melbourne) 2 Nov. 3/2 Those who had thought they could go straight from the station platform into a car park for Esky entertainment were soon disappointed. Police politely stopped and told them they could not go through the gates with liquor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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