| 单词 | petrol lighter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetrol lighter petrol lighter n. (a) a device for igniting petrol; (b) a cigarette lighter employing petrol as fuel. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > lighter cigar-lighter1874 lighter1895 cigarette lighter1915 petrol lighter1918 Ronson1929 Zippo1944 gas lighter1956 1918 Times 23 Sept. 5/1 The magistrates said that if the defendant had not carried a petrol lighter..they would have sent him to prison. 1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) xxi. 514 During recent years the production of ‘mixed metal’..has become important from the point of view of manufacture of the pyrophoric alloys used for making petrol lighters, automatic gas lighters, etc. 1930 D. L. Sayers & ‘R. Eustace’ Documents in Case i. 151 I hunted through my pockets for a petrol lighter. 1993 W. Self My Idea of Fun (BNC) 116 He lit it with his Zippo. ‘I thought connoisseurs never lit their cigars with petrol lighters.’ < as lemmas |
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