| 单词 | show globe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshow globe show globe n. now historical a large globular glass bottle filled with coloured liquid and displayed in a pharmacist's window.Such vessels served as pharmacists' signs as well as to entice customers, and were widely regarded as symbols of the pharmacist's profession during the 19th and early 20th centuries; cf. pestle and mortar at pestle n. 1a. ΚΠ 1824 Liverpool Mercury 24 Sept. 100/4 (advt.) The [Druggist's] Shop Fixtures..comprise..24 large Show Globes, 12 Glasses with Covers, Mortars and Pestles, [etc.]. 1920 Pract. Druggist June 20/1 Wherever one may go he will find the show globe as the sign and symbol of pharmacy. 2014 L. C. Webster Pharmacy Pract. Today i. 9 American drugstores also displayed show globes. < as lemmas |
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