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单词 cutlery
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Definition of cutlery in English:

cutlery

noun ˈkʌtləriˈkətləri
mass noun
  • 1Knives, forks, and spoons used for eating or serving food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's like being at an all-you-can eat buffet and not having any serving cutlery.
    • It is in the spoons and cutlery section, however, the book will in many ways prove most useful to collectors, dealers and curators.
    • Everything - the food, the cutlery, the carpet on her floor, the view from her window - is safe and familiar.
    • Don't even imagine spilling a fleck of gravy on it, and it seems a shame to sully that highly polished cutlery with messy old food.
    • The cupboard above the sink is not a cupboard - it's rows of drying racks for your plates, glasses, cutlery, pots and pans.
    • The customers will be served Indian and Mughlai food in silver cutlery, which no other restaurant can boast of.
    • You know, that wacky ritual we do every day involving food and cutlery?
    • If she used the wrong cutlery for the wrong food, she had to demand a new fork/spoon for the occasion.
    • Sailors were assigned to messes, each of around ten to twenty-five men, and equipped with a stowable table, cutlery, plates and a bread bin.
    • Natty got her plates and cutlery and the paintings and all the things that she said she couldn't do without…
    • Harel heard her sigh and looked at her poking her food on the fine china plate with the silver cutlery.
    • They were at the same table, with the same food and cutlery.
    • Iris was prevented from answering immediately because as soon as she retrieved her cutlery she forked some pancake into her mouth.
    • One of the girls that was putting down the cutlery was putting the spoons next to the forks… on the left side of the plate.
    • The fish were sent out with heated plates and a new set of cutlery: a knife and three-pronged fork to replace the soup spoons.
    • Danny is pushing his food around the plate with his cutlery glumly.
    • I can just see him sitting down to his tea and not being able to pick up his cutlery without twitching his knife and fork backwards and forwards in a rowing motion.
    • Dishes and cutlery were scattered on kitchen tables, unmade beds gaped, just as their occupants had abandoned them.
    • Grandma brought a toaster, some plates, mugs, cutlery and food yesterday.
    • Out would come the silver cutlery and the special plates with the gold decoration.
    Synonyms
    silverware, plate, silver plate
    1. 1.1North American Cutting utensils, especially knives for cutting food.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She had already been into town that day to buy new cutlery and kitchen utensils.
      • Not for nothing is David Mellor one of the leading designers in this country who has consistently turned out beautiful cutlery and utensils.
      • I arrange some serviettes on the table, along with some cutlery and utensils.
      • As the literature says, you need to use a cutting board to protect your cutlery, not the granite.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French coutellerie, from coutelier (see cutler).

 
 

Definition of cutlery in US English:

cutlery

nounˈkətləriˈkətlərē
mass noun
  • 1Knives, forks, and spoons used for eating or serving food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were at the same table, with the same food and cutlery.
    • Don't even imagine spilling a fleck of gravy on it, and it seems a shame to sully that highly polished cutlery with messy old food.
    • You know, that wacky ritual we do every day involving food and cutlery?
    • Iris was prevented from answering immediately because as soon as she retrieved her cutlery she forked some pancake into her mouth.
    • Dishes and cutlery were scattered on kitchen tables, unmade beds gaped, just as their occupants had abandoned them.
    • Out would come the silver cutlery and the special plates with the gold decoration.
    • Sailors were assigned to messes, each of around ten to twenty-five men, and equipped with a stowable table, cutlery, plates and a bread bin.
    • Natty got her plates and cutlery and the paintings and all the things that she said she couldn't do without…
    • Everything - the food, the cutlery, the carpet on her floor, the view from her window - is safe and familiar.
    • The fish were sent out with heated plates and a new set of cutlery: a knife and three-pronged fork to replace the soup spoons.
    • I can just see him sitting down to his tea and not being able to pick up his cutlery without twitching his knife and fork backwards and forwards in a rowing motion.
    • The customers will be served Indian and Mughlai food in silver cutlery, which no other restaurant can boast of.
    • If she used the wrong cutlery for the wrong food, she had to demand a new fork/spoon for the occasion.
    • The cupboard above the sink is not a cupboard - it's rows of drying racks for your plates, glasses, cutlery, pots and pans.
    • One of the girls that was putting down the cutlery was putting the spoons next to the forks… on the left side of the plate.
    • It's like being at an all-you-can eat buffet and not having any serving cutlery.
    • Danny is pushing his food around the plate with his cutlery glumly.
    • It is in the spoons and cutlery section, however, the book will in many ways prove most useful to collectors, dealers and curators.
    • Harel heard her sigh and looked at her poking her food on the fine china plate with the silver cutlery.
    • Grandma brought a toaster, some plates, mugs, cutlery and food yesterday.
    Synonyms
    silverware, plate, silver plate
    1. 1.1North American Cutting utensils, especially knives for cutting food.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I arrange some serviettes on the table, along with some cutlery and utensils.
      • Not for nothing is David Mellor one of the leading designers in this country who has consistently turned out beautiful cutlery and utensils.
      • As the literature says, you need to use a cutting board to protect your cutlery, not the granite.
      • She had already been into town that day to buy new cutlery and kitchen utensils.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French coutellerie, from coutelier (see cutler).

 
 
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