| 单词 | long glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong glass long glass n. (a) a telescope; a spyglass (now chiefly Nautical and somewhat archaic); (b) a full-length mirror (now somewhat archaic); (c) a drinking glass for ale, approximately one yard (91 cm) in length, with a wide mouth and a narrow body tapering towards a bell-shaped bottom; cf. yard of ale at yard n.2 9c, yard-glass n. at yard n.2 Compounds 1b(a).In quot. 1652 in a satirical work describing an imaginary instrument. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass glassc888 verrea1382 Venice glass1527 rummer1625 bottle glass1626 Malaga glassa1627 flute1649 flute-glass1668 long glass1680 mum-glass1684 toasting glass1703 wine glass1709 tulip-glass1755 tun-glass1755 water glass1779 tumbler-glass1795 Madeira glass1801 tumbling glass1803 noggin glass1805 champagne glass1815 table glass1815 balloon glass1819 copita1841 firing glass1842 nobbler1842 thimble glass1843 wine1848 liqueur-glass1850 straw-stem1853 pokal1854 goblet1856 mousseline1862 pony glass1862 long-sleever1872 cocktail glass1873 champagne flute1882 yard-glass1882 sleever1896 tea-glass1898 liqueur1907 dock-glass1911 toast-master glass1916 Waterford1916 stem-glass1922 Pilsner glass1923 Amen glass1924 ballon1930 balloon goblet1931 thistle glass1935 snifter1937 balloon1951 shot-glass1955 handle1956 tulip1961 schooner1967 champagne fountain1973 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass looking-glass1526 Venice glass1527 tooting-glassc1560 seeing-glass1565 girdle-glassa1652 Venice looking-glass1655 considering-glass1660 peeper1673 long glass1680 table glass1688 dressing glass1697 keeking-glassa1724 toilet glass1729 long mirror1793 swing-glass1809 hand glass1832 cheval-glass1836 psyche1838 tire-glass1844 tiring-glass1844 driving mirror1907 wing mirror1925 swing mirror1930 vanity mirror1959 1652 Mercurius Phreneticus No. 3. 21 The most famous Astrologers of this Kingdome..have..devised these ensuing instruments..: A long Glass wherein if it be a clear moon shine night, you may perfectly discern the Center of the Earth without any hindrance by Minerall vapours, or the interposition of Materia prima.] 1680 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire 44 Thomas Zanetti..was accused to the Grand Signior to have designed that place for no other end, than that he might with a Long-glass oversee the Chambers of the Ladies. 1713 W. Derham Let. 20 Feb. in I. Newton Corr. (1975) V. 379 I believe it by far the best long Glass I ever looked through, representing those Celestials very clean & well. 1794 M. Wollstonecraft Hist. View Fr. Revol. I. ii. ii. 161 The fleeting shadow of the pensive wanderer, reflected in long glasses, that vainly gleam in every direction. 1843 C. Ridley Let. Nov. in U. Ridley Cecilia (1958) xii. 141 Little Matt..always gives himself a kiss in the long glass. 1863 Notes & Queries 31 Jan. 98/1 Under the name of ‘The Long Glass,’ the ‘Ale-Yard’ is still..in use among the boys at Eton. 1892 A. B. Dodd In & out of Three Normandy Inns (1899) v. 52 Holding in both hands a seaman's long glass, was a girl, sweeping the horizon with swift, skilful stretches of arm and hand. 1942 G. Mitchell Laurels are Poison xvii. 186 Have a look at yourself in the long glass. 1953 Word for Word (Whitbread & Co.) 37/1 Yard of ale, known also as a long glass..held between 23/ 4 and 31/ 2 pints. 1997 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 19 Oct. 9 a Jane Gephardt presented the commanding officer with the ‘long glass’ or telescope as a symbol of his command. 2008 J. Walton Half a Crown xiii. 136 ‘Sometimes I think dressing to go out is the best part of the evening,’ she said, frowning at herself critically in the long glass behind her bathroom door. 2009 Daily Express (Nexis) 3 Sept. 36 The yard glass, also known as a Long Glass,..is first mentioned in 1685. < as lemmas |
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