| 单词 | phosphorus box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasphosphorus box phosphorus box n. now historical a box containing matches tipped with potassium chlorate, together with phosphorus into which the matches were dipped before striking them. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > container or holder for tinder or matches tinder-box1530 firebox1555 tinder1570 linstock1575 funk horn1673 spunk-box1721 phosphorus box1792 light box1816 spunk-flask1835 match-bottle1839 matchbox1853 match-pot1856 match-safe1860 punk-box1862 match-stand1873 match holder1884 book1899 safety box1902 matchbook1937 1792 Trials at Large Capital & Other Convicts Old Bailey No. 3. i. 125/2 I saw Nelson have something in his hand, and it dropped on the floor (produces a phosphorus box). 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 337/1 When I was about 16 I joined in partnership with a man who used to make phosphorus boxes. 1956 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 12 136 The ‘Phosphorus Box’, a small so-called ‘tin box’, contained a bottle coated internally with phosphorus. < as lemmas |
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