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单词 water pitcher
释义

water pitchern.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌpɪtʃə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌpɪtʃər/, /ˈwɑdər ˌpɪtʃər/
Forms: see water n. and pitcher n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., pitcher n.1
Etymology: < water n. + pitcher n.1
1. A jug or vessel (typically of earthenware) for holding water.
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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.
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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).
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