单词 | water pitcher |
释义 | water pitchern. 1. A jug or vessel (typically of earthenware) for holding water. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > water-pitcher or -pot > [noun] hydrec1250 water-potc1384 hydriaa1398 water pitcher1538 serai1672 chatti1781 lota1810 gamla1834 monkeya1835 stamnos1845 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vrceolus, a lytell water pitchar. c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies i. x. sig. B2v Such as Amimone through the drie fields strayed. When on her head a water pitcher layed. 1694 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal 19/1 The Flowers..[of the common bilberry], in form, are like a Water-Pitcher. 1786 W. Matthews Misc. Compan. I. 190 Inventory..Two large water pitchers..Two washing tubs. 1846 Union Mag. 1 626 Carpet-brooms and water-pitchers. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 96 Out from the village come a half-dozen women with the earthen water-pitchers balanced sidewise on their heads. 1902 W. D. Howells Lit. & Life 263 Jim was drunk; and a dash from the water-pitcher seemed the only thing for him. 1958 Life 20 Oct. 21 Village women, stopping to whisper a Hail Mary, filled their water pitchers at the fountain. 2002 L. Rogers tr. K. Motojirō Tokyo Stories 6 A ceramic water pitcher with roses painted on it. 2. A pitcher plant of the family Sarraceniaceae. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > insectivorous plants > [noun] > pitcher-plants distillatory plant1707 side-saddle flower1718 nepenthes1754 Sarracenia1786 monkey-cup1810 pitcher plant1810 Indian cup1823 nepenth1846 water pitcher1847 huntsman's cup1848 side-saddle plant1861 trumpet-leaf1861 trumpet1884 1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 155 Order X. Sarraceniaceæ.—Water Pitchers. 1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. Sarraceniaceæ, the Water Pitcher or Side-saddle family. 1912 20th Cent. Encycl. at Sarraceniaceæ The Sarracenia, or Waterpitcher, or Side-saddle flower family..consist of perennial herbs, growing about mud-lakes from Labrador to Florida. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538 |
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