| 单词 | plunge churn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplunge churn plunge churn n. a simple form of churn consisting of an upright wooden cask in which a plunger is worked up and down. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > churn churnc1000 kirn1338 butter churn1577 churning-tub1580 barrel-churn1741 plunge churn1793 box churn1810 table churn1828 dash-churn1865 churner1888 1793 Ann. Agric. 21 621 A gentlewoman in the vicinity of Edinburgh..has always been used to Churn..in a plunge Churn. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 899 The old~fashioned upright hand plunge-churn is now confined chiefly to the use of small farmers and cottars. 1900 A. McIlroy By Lone Craig-linnie Burn 17 Her duties seldom entailing anything more difficult than a two hours' spell at the plunge-churn. 1990 P. Basing Trades & Crafts Medieval MSS i. 39 A woman is working in her dairy, using a tall plunge churn to make butter. < as lemmas |
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