单词 | mess kid |
释义 | > as lemmasmess kid mess kid n. Nautical a kid (kid n.4 1) or tub used for the storage of food on a ship. ΚΠ 1825 Sierra Leone Gaz. 16 Sept. in 19th Rep. Afr. Instit. 122 Fitted for the Slave Trade, with open hatches, boilers, irons, moveable deck, mess-kids, &c. &c. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse II. iv. xxiv. 333 He [sc. Captain Jorham] set down the mess-kid in which only the wriggling weevils remained, triumphantly. 2009 D. Gabaldon Echo in Bone xxx. 301 I sent him to rummage the crew's quarters for utensils—each man would have his own mess kid and spoon. < as lemmas |
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