pressure cookern.

Brit.

/ˈprɛʃə ˌkʊkə/, U.S.

/ˈprɛʃər ˌkʊkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pressure n.¹, cooker n.

Etymology: < pressure n.¹ + cooker n. Compare later pressure-cook v.

1. An airtight pan used for the rapid cooking of food, in which water boils at a higher temperature than usual as a result of the steam being held in under pressure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > other types of pot or pan

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pipkin1554

marmite1581

diet-pot1617

pipkinet1647

chocolate pot1676

gotch1691

lead1741

puchero1791

steamer1814

bake pot1822

kedgeree-pot1824

braising-pan1825

handi1847

craggan1880

yabba1889

sufuria1891

dixie1900

Revere1901

pressure cooker1914

pressure saucepan1940

li1945

wok1952

li ting1958

firepot1959

fondue pot1959

tian1978

1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 3 May 2/3 Process 45 minutes in hot water bath.., 40 minutes under 5 pounds of steam, 30 minutes in pressure cooker.

1937 H. W. Tilman Ascent of Nanda Devi x. 111 Weight was saved by the abandonment of two pressure cookers..a cooker that cooks by steam under pressure and in which, I think, even a pair of boots would be made edible.

1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Oct. 5/2 I had brought along my pressure cooker for speed, and soon I had this filled with the tasty ingredients for a stew.

1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xi. 348 A fowl cooked in a pressure cooker is not a proper poule au pot.

2. figurative. A situation in which emotional, social, or political pressures increase rapidly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [noun] > tense thing

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1941 Yale Law Jrnl. 50 728 Delays in criminal proceedings can be utilized as a sort of pressure cooker of defendants.

1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 18 Dec. (1970) 758 Every day of the last four years it seems to me she [sc. Mrs. Hubert Humphrey] has grown..and especially in the pressure cooker of a campaign.

1976 L. Sanders Hamlet Warning (1977) iv. 36 Santo Domingo was a pressure cooker, ready to explode.

1995 Maclean's 17 Apr. 27/1 Wallin openly expressed frustration with the CBC newsroom, which, for various reasons, had become a pressure cooker.

Compounds

Chiefly figurative, as pressure-cooker atmosphere, pressure-cooker environment, pressure-cooker recipe, etc.

ΚΠ

1951 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 16 332/2 There is no doubt that such pressure-cooker recipes for happiness do not presage well for marriage.

1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. 54 I had acquired it [sc. Russian]..by the same pressure-cooker method by which I had learnt modern Hebrew.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Dec. 6/5 An auction's pressure cooker atmosphere is no place for split second decisions involving tens of thousands of dollars.

1991 J. B. Schor Overworked Amer. vi 154 Consider the white-collar ‘salarymen’, as they are called, who adhere to grueling schedules in a pressure-cooker environment.

2006 Total Film Feb. 93/2 A glance at Spielberg's filmography shows he favours pressure-cooker filmmaking, ‘where you don't have the time to over-analyse anything. You have to go with your gut and emotions and your first choice.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pressure cooker
释义	pressure cookern. Brit. /ˈprɛʃə ˌkʊkə/, U.S. /ˈprɛʃər ˌkʊkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pressure n.¹, cooker n. Etymology: < pressure n.¹ + cooker n. Compare later pressure-cook v. 1. An airtight pan used for the rapid cooking of food, in which water boils at a higher temperature than usual as a result of the steam being held in under pressure. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > other types of pot or pan olla1535 pipkin1554 marmite1581 diet-pot1617 pipkinet1647 chocolate pot1676 gotch1691 lead1741 puchero1791 steamer1814 bake pot1822 kedgeree-pot1824 braising-pan1825 handi1847 craggan1880 yabba1889 sufuria1891 dixie1900 Revere1901 pressure cooker1914 pressure saucepan1940 li1945 wok1952 li ting1958 firepot1959 fondue pot1959 tian1978 1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 3 May 2/3 Process 45 minutes in hot water bath.., 40 minutes under 5 pounds of steam, 30 minutes in pressure cooker. 1937 H. W. Tilman Ascent of Nanda Devi x. 111 Weight was saved by the abandonment of two pressure cookers..a cooker that cooks by steam under pressure and in which, I think, even a pair of boots would be made edible. 1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Oct. 5/2 I had brought along my pressure cooker for speed, and soon I had this filled with the tasty ingredients for a stew. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xi. 348 A fowl cooked in a pressure cooker is not a proper poule au pot. 2. figurative. A situation in which emotional, social, or political pressures increase rapidly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [noun] > tense thing pressure cooker1941 1941 Yale Law Jrnl. 50 728 Delays in criminal proceedings can be utilized as a sort of pressure cooker of defendants. 1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 18 Dec. (1970) 758 Every day of the last four years it seems to me she [sc. Mrs. Hubert Humphrey] has grown..and especially in the pressure cooker of a campaign. 1976 L. Sanders Hamlet Warning (1977) iv. 36 Santo Domingo was a pressure cooker, ready to explode. 1995 Maclean's 17 Apr. 27/1 Wallin openly expressed frustration with the CBC newsroom, which, for various reasons, had become a pressure cooker. Compounds Chiefly figurative, as pressure-cooker atmosphere, pressure-cooker environment, pressure-cooker recipe, etc. ΚΠ 1951 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 16 332/2 There is no doubt that such pressure-cooker recipes for happiness do not presage well for marriage. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. 54 I had acquired it [sc. Russian]..by the same pressure-cooker method by which I had learnt modern Hebrew. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Dec. 6/5 An auction's pressure cooker atmosphere is no place for split second decisions involving tens of thousands of dollars. 1991 J. B. Schor Overworked Amer. vi 154 Consider the white-collar ‘salarymen’, as they are called, who adhere to grueling schedules in a pressure-cooker environment. 2006 Total Film Feb. 93/2 A glance at Spielberg's filmography shows he favours pressure-cooker filmmaking, ‘where you don't have the time to over-analyse anything. You have to go with your gut and emotions and your first choice.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1914
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