英语词汇“a pair of snuffers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. An instrument used for snuffing, or snuffing out, candles, etc. In later use only in plural form (also a pair of snuffers).

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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)

snitelc1000

candle-quencher1382

sniters1382

sniting tongsa1425

snuffer1465

sniting instrumentc1475

candle-shears1483

sniting iron1483

out-quencher1535

candle-snuffer1552

snufter1558

extinguisher1562

dout1573

douter1622

topper1688

link-extinguisher1859

squencher1871

α.

1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 492 Item, the same day my master bowt a snoffer to snoffe wyth candeles.

1517–18 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 296 Paid..for Snoffers of plate for to put owte the tapurs.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxv. 38 Snoffers and out quenchers of pure golde.

1574 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 82 The makynge of the Snoffer to serve candelles in the churche.

β. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Emunctorium, an instrumente [etc.].., a snuffer.1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxvii. §722 The snuffers ready at hand, to snuff the wick ever and anon.1687 R. Charnock in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 232 Why did you tear the Buttery Book with the snuffers?1747 B. Franklin Let. 1 Sept. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 16 We light candles, just blown out, by drawing a spark among the smoke between the wire and snuffers.1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. iii. 33 To this kind of lever may be reduced several sorts of instruments, such as scissars, pinchers, snuffers.1860 H. Mayhew Upper Rhine Introd. 3 Here it is that our eyes are still cheered with the sight of a pair of snuffers.1885 Athenæum 7 Feb. 189 In [Hogarth's] ‘Night’ the small man..is known by the snuffers hanging at his girdle to be a drawer at a tavern.figurative.?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. Pref. 6 Sounding him to the quicke, entring into him with a candle and a snuffer.1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xviii. 222 If these Lights grow dim, there is a Trienniall Snuffer for them.1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 25 A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He oftener is an extinguisher.

单词	a pair of snuffers
释义	> as lemmas a pair of snuffers a. An instrument used for snuffing, or snuffing out, candles, etc. In later use only in plural form (also a pair of snuffers). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches) snitelc1000 candle-quencher1382 sniters1382 sniting tongsa1425 snuffer1465 sniting instrumentc1475 candle-shears1483 sniting iron1483 out-quencher1535 candle-snuffer1552 snufter1558 extinguisher1562 dout1573 douter1622 topper1688 link-extinguisher1859 squencher1871 α. 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 492 Item, the same day my master bowt a snoffer to snoffe wyth candeles. 1517–18 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 296 Paid..for Snoffers of plate for to put owte the tapurs. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxv. 38 Snoffers and out quenchers of pure golde. 1574 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 82 The makynge of the Snoffer to serve candelles in the churche. β. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Emunctorium, an instrumente [etc.].., a snuffer.1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxvii. §722 The snuffers ready at hand, to snuff the wick ever and anon.1687 R. Charnock in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 232 Why did you tear the Buttery Book with the snuffers?1747 B. Franklin Let. 1 Sept. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 16 We light candles, just blown out, by drawing a spark among the smoke between the wire and snuffers.1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. iii. 33 To this kind of lever may be reduced several sorts of instruments, such as scissars, pinchers, snuffers.1860 H. Mayhew Upper Rhine Introd. 3 Here it is that our eyes are still cheered with the sight of a pair of snuffers.1885 Athenæum 7 Feb. 189 In [Hogarth's] ‘Night’ the small man..is known by the snuffers hanging at his girdle to be a drawer at a tavern.figurative.?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. Pref. 6 Sounding him to the quicke, entring into him with a candle and a snuffer.1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xviii. 222 If these Lights grow dim, there is a Trienniall Snuffer for them.1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 25 A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He oftener is an extinguisher. extracted from snuffern.¹ < as lemmas
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