| 单词 | cocktail tray |
| 释义 | > as lemmascocktail tray C1. General use as a modifier, and with verbal nouns and participles forming compounds in which cocktail expresses the object of the underlying verb, in sense B. 3a, as in cocktail-drinking, cocktail list, cocktail-maker, cocktail menu, cocktail tray, etc.Some of the more significant compounds of this type are treated at Compounds 2. See also cocktail party n. ΚΠ 1870 E. P. Hingston Genial Showman 99/2 Your card-playing, cocktail-drinking Californians! 1893 Philadelphia Inquirer 4 July (Morning ed.) 2/6 Many attacks of indigestion are due to the cocktail habit. 1910 Sat. Evening Post 3 Sept. 10/1 He trailed his thumb across the whisky and cocktail list on the bill-of-fare. 1958 M. Stewart Nine Coaches Waiting vi. 73 The entry of Seddon with the cocktail tray interrupted us. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 2 Aug. (Good Living section) 1 This attractive eatery..boasts an extensive cocktail menu. 2005 City News (Brisbane) 17 Nov. 5/3 (caption) Ready to shake it with the best cocktail makers. < as lemmas |
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