| 单词 | killing bottle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskilling bottle killing bottle n. a bottle containing a poison for killing captured insects, etc. ΚΠ 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 134/2 Beetles when caught may..be dropped..into what is known as the ‘killing bottle’, the bottom of which contains cyanide of potassium covered over with a layer of gypsum. 1960 B. K. Wilson Lovely Summer ii. 21 He could not understand how his mild-mannered father could trap the butterflies in his killing-bottle with such enthusiasm. 1974 Guardian 20 Sept. 17/8 Insects hitting a panel dangling below the tent will fly up into the dome, where they will be anaesthetised by fumes being given off by a killing bottle. < as lemmas |
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