单词 | sugar-crusher |
释义 | > as lemmassugar-crusher sugar-crusher n. (a) a machine for crushing sugar cane; (b) an implement for crushing sugar for use at table. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > sugar mill sugar mill1600 trapiche1844 sugar-crusher1870 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > masher or crusher potato-beetle1821 potato masher1835 masher1849 potato-smasher1858 sugar-crusher1870 1870 A. S. Stephens Married in Haste 366 He held a sugar-crusher in one hand. 1901 R. Kipling Kim xv. 403 He felt..that his soul was out of gear with its surroundings—a cog-wheel unconnected with any machinery, just like the idle cog-wheel of a cheap Beheea sugar-crusher laid by in a corner. 1962 J. B. Priestley Margin Released i. i. 11 In winter, toddy, for which we had those silver sugar-crushers. < as lemmas |
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