单词 | water bath |
释义 | water bathn. 1. a. Chemistry and Medicine. A vessel containing heated water in or over which a substance, solution, etc., may be heated, typically by being placed in a container which is then immersed in or held above the water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > baths > of water balneum1471 (St.) Mary's Batha1475 bath1599 water bath1599 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 54 Bath it 3 dayes after other, euerye day in a water bath [Ger. Wasserbad]. 1680 T. K. Kitchin-physician 7 Let it distil slowly in a water-Bath (or balneo Mariae). a1722 J. Quincy tr. Dispensatory Royal Coll. Physicians London (1727) 37 Let the Sugar be melted in a hot Water Bath, so as to make them into a Syrup. 1772 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. (ed. 2) 76 It were to be wished, that the college of physicians would direct all extracts to be made, by means of a water bath. 1842 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 132 82 The proportion of water was ascertained by careful evaporation over a water-bath. 1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 6 It [sc. methylene iodide]..has the great advantage of not crystallizing out when cooling after concentration upon the water-bath. 1948 Bar Harbor (Maine) Times 23 Sept. 5 (advt) Turning a flame ‘low’ does not reduce the temperature of the flame... The water-bath of the laboratory, the bain-marie of the French Cuisine, were invented for that very reason. 2010 P. Atkins Laws of Thermodynamics i. 2 The actual surroundings consist of a water bath maintained at constant temperature. b. Cookery. A vessel containing heated water, typically made of metal and cylindrical in shape, in which a pan, dish, etc., of food is placed in order to heat the contents gently to a fixed temperature; = bain-marie n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > food warmer Mary's bath1600 Saint Mary's bath1612 water plate1721 hot closet1798 water bath1806 bain-marie1822 hotplate1861 steam table1861 rechaud1906 pap-warmer1920 warming oven1950 veilleuse1955 warming drawer1972 1806 M. E. Rundell New Syst. Domest. Cookery p. xi The best way of scalding fruits..is..by putting the vessel into a saucepan of water, called a water-bath. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. i. iii. 284 Fig. 526 shows the top of the water-bath, with holes at one end for inserting saucepans. 1861 E. F. Haskell Housekeeper's Encycl. v. ii. 241 Place [the bottles]..in the water bath... After the water boils, let the fruit remain in the bath a half hour. 1923 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 67/3 To cook a number of dishes at once an ingenious new water bath has been devised to fit over two burners of the gas stove. 1981 Cook's Mag. Sept. 40/2 Place baking dish in a bain Marie (water bath), with enough water to come 1/3 of the way up the sides. 2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 July d4/4 (table) Lobster shells are reduced, blended with brandy, cream and egg yolks, and baked in a water bath. 2. A bath of water, esp. as opposed to a vapour bath or mudbath. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath bathc1000 balne1471 bain1477 water bath1605 tosh1881 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick i. vi. 60 Water baths are also very profitable [Ger. Wasserbaden ist nütz] for this [sc. swelling of the eyelid], wherein Mallowes, Sorrell Docks and Verueins are decocted, vsed oftentimes. 1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Balneae Besides the Water-Baths to wash in, there were dry Stoves in an Hall. 1793 J. Farington Diary 17 Aug. (1978) I. 29 The Springs which supply the water Baths produce a great quantity of water. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 9/2 Equipment..for the treatment of nervous diseases, in the shape of water-baths, electrical appliances, [etc.]. 2000 J. Baldick Animal & Shaman i. 35 Herodotus makes it clear that a vapour bath of this kind is a substitute for a water bath, never used by the Scythians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1599 |
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