单词 | percolator |
释义 | percolatorn. 1. a. A device for making coffee in which hot water percolates downwards through coffee grounds. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1830 |
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