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单词 cruet
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cruet

(kruːɪt)
Word forms: plural cruets
1. countable noun
A cruet is a small container, or set of containers, for salt, pepper, or mustard which is used at meals.
[British]
...a cruet set.
2. countable noun
A cruet is a small glass bottle that contains oil or vinegar and is used at the table at meals.
[US]

cruet in British English

(ˈkruːɪt)
noun
1. 
a small container for holding pepper, salt, vinegar, oil, etc, at table
2. 
a set of such containers, esp on a stand
3.  Christianity
either of a pair of small containers for the wine and water used in the Eucharist
4.  Australian a slang word for head (sense 1)
5.  do one's cruet
plural noun
6.  Australian vulgar, slang
the testicles
Word origin
C13: from Anglo-French, diminutive of Old French crue flask, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon krūka, Old English crūce pot

cruet in American English

(ˈkruɪt)
noun
a small glass bottle, as for holding vinegar or oil for the table
Word origin
ME < Anglo-Fr, dim. of OFr crue, earthen pot < Gmc *kruka (Ger krug): see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF

Examples of 'cruet' in a sentence
cruet

They shook the bottle to kill the fizz and then poured the liquid into the cruet.
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She took a tiny glass bottle from the cruet set and shook it, then sprinkled the contents over her salad.
Adam, Paul A NASTY DOSE OF DEATH
On the desk top, to one side, were a silver napkin ring, a small antique cruet set and a crystal glass of sparkling mineral water.
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