| 释义 |
‖ pot de chambre|po də ʃɑ̃br|
[Fr.]
= chamber-pot. Also attrib.
1777P. Thicknesse Year's Journey I. i. 6 The priest put the present under the side of the bed..it was only a pot de chambre. 1891A. T. Ritchie Lett. (1924) x. 220 The Dame du Palais..escorting the King to bed, carrying a sword, a lamp and a pot de chambre. 1894G. N. Curzon Probl. Far East v. 140 The national implement of Korea, a circular brass pot, with a lid, but no handle, which..serves alternately as pillow, candlestick, ashplate, spittoon, and pot de chambre. 1931E. Waugh Remote People 65 A pedlar..with a bundle of bootlaces in one hand and an enamelled pot de chambre in the other. 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! ii. 74 Those two symbols of an alien civilization, the top hat and the pot de chambre. 1938L. Bemelmans Life Class 20 The pot de chambre humor of Regensburg. 1969N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xxi. 146 It [sc. tea] arrived, in massive pot-de-chambre porcelain with little roses on it. 1972‘I. Drummond’ Frog in Moonflower ii. 47 Coffee in cups like pots-de-chambre. 1976[see routier2 2]. |