| 单词 | tinfoil cap |
| 释义 | > as lemmastinfoil cap tinfoil cap n. (a) a lid or covering made from tinfoil, for the top of a bottle, end of a tube, etc.; (b) = tinfoil hat n. b. ΚΠ 1854 Mass. Reg. (Advertising Dept. section) 43 Tin foil caps for the same [sc. pickle jars, bottles, vials, etc.], and all articles which it is desirable to make air-tight. 1915 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 37 1612 A tin foil cap was placed over the upper end of the tube carrying the lead paper. 1962 Times 30 May 13/4 The engaging tit, making deliberate attacks on the tin-foil caps [on milk bottles]. 1979 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 13 Sept. a1/1 A nasty neighbor's deadly rays were bombarding his house and the tin foil cap on his head was not adequate protection from being ‘zapped’. 2006 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 6 July b5 Late-night talk radio programs, the ones where truck drivers wearing tinfoil caps call in to describe in detail their being snatched up into spaceships right outside of Topeka. < as lemmas |
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