释义 |
eprou·vette \|āˌprü|vet\ noun (-s) Etymology: French éprouvette, from éprouver to test, try (from Old French esprover, from — assumed — Vulgar Latin exprobare, from Latin ex- + probare to try, approve, prove) + -ette — more at prove : an apparatus (as a mortar) formerly used for testing the strength of gunpowder |