单词 | swizzle-stick |
释义 | swizzle-stickn. 1. A stick used for stirring drink into a froth. Also, a rod used to stir a mixed drink, or to flatten the effervescence of a cocktail, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > stirring or shaking utensil toddy stick1823 cocktail shaker1868 shaker1868 cocktail mixer1875 swizzle-stick1879 mixer1895 1879 J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana xii. 129 The revolutions of a peculiar instrument called the swizzle-stick. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 152 I mean..to take home some ‘swizzle-sticks’. They are cut from some kind of creeper, close to a joint, where four or five shoots branch out at right angles, so as to produce a star-like circle. 1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle v. 135 Shout for your boy to bring the cocktail... Where's the swizzle-stick? 1951 N.Y. Herald-Tribune 9 Mar. 18/3 Under Otto Preminger's direction it is all as frothy and inevitable as the action of a swizzle stick in a champagne glass. 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets ii. 36 The way the mere sound of her voice got inside one and stirred one up as with a swizzle-stick. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo iii. 69 I was being officiously counselled not to commit the solecism of using a swizzle-stick too soon. 2. transferred. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. stingc725 stakec893 sowelc900 tree971 rungOE shaftc1000 staffc1000 stockc1000 poleOE spritOE luga1250 lever1297 stanga1300 perchc1300 raftc1330 sheltbeam1336 stower1371 palea1382 spar1388 spire1392 perk1396 ragged staff1397 peela1400 slot1399 plantc1400 heck-stower1401 sparkin1408 cammockc1425 sallow stakec1440 spoke1467 perk treec1480 yard1480 bode1483 spit1485 bolm1513 gada1535 ruttock1542 stob1550 blade1558 wattle1570 bamboo1598 loggat1600 barling1611 sparret1632 picket1687 tringle1706 sprund1736 lug-pole1773 polting lug1789 baton1801 stuckin1809 rack-pin1821 picket-pin1844 I-iron1874 pricker1875 stag1881 podger1888 window pole1888 verge1897 sallow pole1898 lat1899 swizzle-stick1962 1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 44 A simple little rod... It is ten inches long, has a hook on the end of it for pulling at levers and a stub for pushing at buttons. You grasp it in your glove if you know you are not going to be able to reach something with your fingers... We call it, naturally, a ‘swizzle stick’. 1977 Lancet 16 Apr. 836/2 The swizzlestick consists of a handle fastened to a small stainless steel circular platform to which is also fastened a stainless steel displacement probe having a diameter slightly less than the bore of a capillary tube and a volume equal to the volume of blood required for the assay. Compounds swizzle-stick tree n. a small aromatic evergreen tree, Quararibea turbinata, of the family Bombacaceæ, found in the West Indies and tropical South America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens boldo1717 purple heart1738 ombú1839 pepper tree1848 velvet-seed1866 swizzle-stick tree1943 1943 S. J. Record & R. W. Hess Timbers New World 98/1 All specimens of Quararibea without distinct heartwood... Common names: Garrocho, swizzle-stick tree. 1951 E. Mittelholzer Shadows move among Them i. xvi. 153 Wild cacao and swizzle-stick trees and ferns..grew out of reddish sand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1879 |
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