| 释义 |
Esky Austral.|ˈɛskɪ|
Also esky.
[Proprietary: perh. f. Eskimo n. and a. + -y6.]
A proprietary name for a portable, insulated container, used esp. to keep food or drink cool.
1962Austral. Official Jrnl. Patents 13 Sept. 1997/2 Class 11. Esky..2nd Nov., 1961. Cooling apparatus and equipment inclusive of portable ice boxes. Malleys Ltd..128 Rothschild-avenue, Rosebery, New South Wales, Australia, manufacturers. 1965E. Brown Big Man xiii. 110 That indispensable addition to Australian motoring, an ‘Esky’ ice-box. Captain Barnes noticed him staring at the ‘Esky’ and its contents. 1971Telegraph (Brisbane) 10 Nov. 26/4 The bulk of the kidneys were being freighted in ‘common old eskies’. 1975Times 8 Jan. 11/1 The Hill [at Sydney] is..for taking as many cans of beer as an ‘esky’ (a portable icebox) can carry. 1980Listener 23 Oct. 524/3 People clutching their ‘Eskys’—plastic picnic hampers which keep the food fresh. 1983Age (Melbourne) 2 Nov. 3/2 Those who had thought they could go straight from the station platform into a car park for Esky entertainment were soon disappointed. Police politely stopped and told them they could not go through the gates with liquor. |