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单词 humidor
释义

humidorn.

/ˈhjuːmɪdɔː/
Etymology: < humid adj., after cuspidor.
A box, cabinet, or room in which cigars or tobacco are kept moist; also, any apparatus, such as damp sponges, for keeping cigars, the atmosphere, etc., moist.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > receptacles for cigars or cigarettes
cigar-box1836
cigar-case1844
cigarette-case1883
humidor1903
humidistat1909
1903 Sun (N.Y.) 4 Mar. 6/3 (Funk) A humidor as large as a small cottage occupies most of the ground floor.
1922 Detective Mag. Nov. 100 The cigar was soft and fresh from the humidor.
1927 P. Marks Lord of Himself 198 Take a cigarette out of that humidor.
1955 Sturdevant & Brauer in J. C. Brauer Dental Asst. xx. 287 The impression should be stored in a humidor in order to minimize dimensional change.
1963 Punch 8 May 669/1 Champagne coolers and waste-paper baskets, to say nothing of door-stops and humidors.
1973 R. Hayes Hungarian Game viii. 61 I fumbled with the F.O.'s humidor for a Havanna.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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