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单词 nécessaire
释义

nécessairen.

Brit. /ˌnɛsᵻˈsɛː/, U.S. /ˌnɛsəˈsɛ(ə)r/
Forms: 1800s– necessaire, 1800s– nécessaire.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nécessaire.
Etymology: < French nécessaire (1718 in this sense; see necessary adj.). Compare earlier necessaire adj. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (nesesę̄r') /nesesɛr/.
A small case, sometimes ornamental, for personal articles such as pencils, scissors, tweezers, cosmetics, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for small objects or instruments
etui1611
tweeze1622
puppeta1625
tweezer1654
tweezer-case1686
twee1690
bubble-boy1727
nécessaire1800
poppeta1903
caddy1976
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. ix. 177 A chance of his travelling necessaire, and all the apparatus of his toilet, being burned.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxviii. 266 Gousset empty, tiroirs empty, nécessaire parted for Strasbourg!
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. ii. 29 Gwendolen..thrust necklace, cambric..and all into her nécessaire.
1896 Harper's Mag. Nov. (Advt. section) 53 Silver Necessaire Set, complete, $6.50, including Ribbon.
1960 Times 16 Feb. 20/7 An old English gold and agate necessaire.
1967 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (rev. ed.) xiii. 253 The handful of jewels which Natasha, a farsighted old chambermaid,..had swept off a dresser into a nécessaire.
1973 Times 11 Dec. 18/5 A George III gold and enamel nécessaire attributed to James Cox.
1989 Antiques Trade Gaz. 4 Mar. 50/2 (advt.) A small collection of objects of vertu including snuff boxes, etuis, necessaires, etc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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