| 单词 | water fountain |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater fountain water fountain n. a fountain of water; (in later use usually) spec. a drinking fountain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > drinking fountain water fountain?1557 watering stone1788 scuttlebutt1801 fountain1882 ?1557 W. Blomfild Blossoms in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652) 305 Lively water fountaines eke Beasts both tame and wild; Over shaddowed with Trees fruitefull on every spraye. 1716 Coll. State Songs, Poems, &c. since Rebellion 111 Away to the Mountains..Where you may drink of Water Fountains, Till I can your Wants supply. 1749 London Evening Post 7 Jan. (advt.) A curious Water Fountain, richly chased and embellish'd with various Ornaments. 1861 Prairie Farmer 2 May 283/3 You remember I promised them a design of a water fountain for the chickens. 1893 Amer. Amateur Photographer July 292 The characteristic image of the saint presiding over the public water-fountain. 1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 429 Automatic water fountains are most useful for the stable. 1975 ‘E. Lathen’ By Hook or by Crook xxi. 194 A salt-tablet dispenser beside every water fountain. 2009 Independent 28 Feb. 5/2 Take an empty bottle through security and fill it at the water fountain ‘airside’. < as lemmas |
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