单词 | champagne tweezers |
释义 | > as lemmaschampagne tweezers champagne tweezers n. (with plural agreement) a utensil, resembling a pair of pliers, used for pulling the corks from champagne bottles; also as a pair of champagne tweezers. ΚΠ 1851 Official Catal. Great Exhib.: Zollverein Sect. 48/1 (list) 1 champagne tweezers. 1877 All Year Round 1 Dec. 398/2 Cuthbert,..whom I remembered, at the age of six, getting under the table to operate upon my boots with a pair of champagne-tweezers. 2008 B. K. Julyan Sales & Service for Wine Professional (ed. 3) xi. 281 Stubborn corks may be eased out by inserting champagne tweezers between the cork head and the top of the bottle. Do not twist the tweezers, just lever the cork up. < as lemmas |
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