| 单词 | lime-juicer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈlime-juicer ˈlime-juicer n. (a) Australian one who has lately made the voyage from England; a ‘new chum’ (cf. quot. 1859 at sense a). (b) U.S. a British sailor or ship, so called because in the British navy the consumption of lime juice is enforced (as an antiscorbutic). (c) An advocate of the use of lime juice. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > of English origin sterling1827 lime-juicer1859 jackeroo1864 pomegranate1912 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > English or British Englishman1533 red cross1624 lime-juicer1859 Limey1918 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 58 Turn that lime-juicer out. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Aug. 11/1 They would not go on a ‘lime-juicer’, they said, for anything. 1891 C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics Brit. I. 596 Hawkins, it will have been remarked, was no bigoted ‘lime-juicer’. < as lemmas |
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