| 单词 | oil can |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil can oil can n. (a) a can for holding oil; esp. one with a long narrow spout for oiling machinery; (b) Military slang a German trench mortar shell of the First World War (1914–18). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel for oil > [noun] oil vessela1382 oil pot1440 oil vat1472 oil-horn1535 stamp1552 oil can1599 oil-butt1823 oil bath1838 oil cup1850 oil vase1858 oil-jack1875 oil-drum1909 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > trench mortar shell plum pudding1900 sausage1915 oil cana1917 rum jar1916 toffee apple1917 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 65/1 Take an inveterate Oyle canne, which as yet is pinguedinous internallye. 1838 C. M. Goodridge Narr. Voy. South Seas (ed. 2) 59 We had saved an oil-can in the boat; this served us to make our mocoa in. a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 156 ‘Look out, sirr,..oil can coming over.’ Instantly self-preservation reasserted itself. 1992 Stage 17 Dec. 15/4 The plane looks as if it has been made from two oilcans and a pair of bicycle wheels. < as lemmas |
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