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单词 percolator
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percolatorn.

Brit. /ˈpəːkəleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpərkəˌleɪdər/
Forms: 1800s– percolater (irregular), 1800s– percolator, 1900s– perculator.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: percolate v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < percolate v. + -or suffix. Compare French percolateur (1856).With the form percolater compare -er suffix1.
1.
a. A device for making coffee in which hot water percolates downwards through coffee grounds.
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the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of coffee > utensils
coffee-pot1705
coffee maker1754
biggin1789
coffee-biggin1803
percolator1830
cafetière1846
coffee machine1894
drip coffee-pot1897
Silex1914
perc1934
filtre1940
French press1956
drip coffee-maker1964
plunger1970
pourover1973
Napoletana1983
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. 343 Count Rumford invented an apparatus [for making coffee] which, in effect, is the same as the one now sold under the name of Percolator.
1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman xiv. 238 Taking occasional sips of black coffee—at making which, in a patent percolator, Mr. Samuel had become..quite a proficient.
1913 Maclean's Feb. 163/1 The shining nickel-plated or aluminum utensils, including coffee percolators, toasters, [etc.].
1996 Good Food Easter 84/2 Remember the gurgle of the percolator as the water boiled up through a central tube to drizzle back into the pot through a chamber containing the grounds?
b. A filtering or straining apparatus for obtaining an extract by percolation. Cf. percolation n. 2.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > [noun] > one who or that which
percolator1842
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > filtering or percolating > [noun] > filter or percolator
filterer1788
filter1791
percolator1842
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Percolator, a filtering machine.
1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 198/2 Gradually pour into the percolator sufficient of the..liquid to be filtered.
1958 Times 6 Nov. 12/6 If we wanted a pint of essence of ginger, we just put 10 oz. of powdered Jamaica ginger into a percolater, and allowed sufficient rectified spirit to pass through to collect a pint.
1989 I. McDonald Desolation Road iv. 20 On occasion there was a pre-fusion percolator that just wasn't settling right.
2. slang (originally U.S.). A carburettor. Also: a car engine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > petrol > carburettor
carburettor1896
pot1941
carb1942
percolator1942
carby1956
twin carb1967
twin carburettor1973
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §82/4 Carburetor, carb, jug, juicer, juice pot, mixer, percolator, pot, sifter.
1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §82a/1 Motor; engine—1. chugger, coffee grinder, mill, percolator, power, stove.
1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 117 Percolator, the carburetor.
1996 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 24 The Mazda-engineered engine in the Telstar and 626 is a peaky little percolator.
3. U.S. slang. Chiefly in Chicago: a party, esp. a house-rent party. Now rare.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun]
party1707
kick-upc1781
shiveau1798
shine1882
shivoo1889
kitchen tea1896
percolator1946
shake1946
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets xiii. 303 The great South Side institution of ‘rent party’ (locally known as ‘skiffle’, ‘shake’, or ‘percolator’).
1956 S. Longstreet Real Jazz xvi. 126 You could always..get together..and charge a few coins and have..a percolator.
1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens iv. 141 In Chicago, these parties were called a ‘parlour social’, ‘gouge’, ‘struggle’, ‘percolator’, ‘too terrible party’, or the ‘skiffle’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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