| 单词 | table knife |
| 释义 | > as lemmastable knife table knife n. a knife used for dining, esp. in conjunction with a fork. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > knife fish-knife1403 board-knifec1440 table knifea1475 butter knife1729 dessert-knife1793 balance-knife1833 cuttoe1851 steak knife1895 a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 138 Take a loofe of trenchurs in þy lifft hande, þan take þy table knyfe. 1595 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 116 A table knife of wood. 1680 J. Price Myst. & Method His Majesty's Restauration 90 A merry Fellow, who with a Table-knife had been mock Knighted into the name by the late King at Oxford. 1773 S. Johnson Let. 30 Sept. (1992) II. 96 Table knives are not of long subsistance in the highlands. 1810 Sporting Mag. 35 282 To work..at his business, as a table-knife cutler. c1865 G. Gore in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 235/2 This tendency is sometimes manifested in depositing silver upon table-knives and forks. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) xi. 494/3 You can make one by heating and bending an old table knife or a metal strip. < as lemmas |
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