单词 | drinking fountain |
释义 | > as lemmasdrinking fountain a. A jet or stream of water made to rise or spout up artificially; the structure built for such a jet or stream to rise and fall in; also, an erection in a public place for a constant supply of fresh water for drinking (more fully, drinking fountain). Applied also to a natural jet of water, as that of a geyser. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > artificial wellc1300 conduit?a1400 fountain1509 conduit-head1517 waterworka1586 water feature1841 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > drinking fountain water fountain?1557 watering stone1788 scuttlebutt1801 fountain1882 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xviii. ix A dulcet spring and marvaylous fountaine Of golde and asure made all certaine. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa7 In the midst of all, a fountaine stood, Of richest substance, that on earth might bee. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 77 My Statue, Which like a Fountaine, with an hundred spouts Did run pure blood. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 274 Fountaines I intend to be of two Natures: The One that Sprinckleth or Spouteth Water; The Other a Faire Receipt of Water,..without Fish, or Slime, or Mud. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 23 A stone fountaine weeping out the yeare. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 313 There were 4 fountains of cold Water in this room. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 28 It had been formerly a Fountain, but was only choak'd up..I ask'd..if he had ever known it to play. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Art in Wks. (1906) I. 145 Let spouting fountains cool the air, Singing in the sun-baked square. 1882 Cassell at Drinking-fountain Modern drinking fountains began to be erected in Liverpool in 1857. The first one in London was opened to the public on April 12, 1859. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 84 Instantly the fountain [of the Great Geyser of Iceland] began to play with the utmost violence. < as lemmas |
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