单词 | pourer |
释义 | pourern. 1. A person who pours something (forth, out, etc.); also with modifying word denoting the liquid poured.Recorded earliest in water-pourer n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or fact of pouring or being poured > [noun] > one who or that which pourer1565 infuser1598 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > copious emission or effusion > one who spoutera1500 pourer1565 outpourer1846 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) xi. sig. QQj The Waterpourer [L. Hydrochoos], and..the Fishes two that flote. 1598 tr. G. de La Perrière Mirrour Policie sig. Lli Saint Hierom calleth it the butler or pourer forth of water [Fr. bouteillier des pluyes]. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. viii. 287 He is not a rash powrer-out of his benefits. 1792 S. Dunn Astron. of Fixed Stars ii. 4 Aquarius, the Water-bearer and Pourer. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 415 The pourer forth of notes. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 34 He..turned his job over to an old chap from Alaska who had been drink-pourer to the sourdoughs when Harry was fighting flies in Cuba. 1980 Times 3 Sept. 22/2 Additional cups [of coffee] may be turned away by shaking the cup gently before returning to the pourer. 2000 Wine (Cape Town) July 46 Screened from the tasting panel, the auditor and pourers frowned at some of the packaging. 2. A vessel out of which a substance may be poured. Frequently with modifying adjective. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun] pouring vessel1535 spout pot1598 pourie1787 pourer1828 1828 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 127 That stroop's a gran' pourer. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 333 This..teapot..is not a good pourer. 1906 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art II. ii. viii. 37 For a typical example of the san ts'ai, or ‘three-coloured’, decoration sur biscuit, see the pictures..of a fish-shaped water pourer. 1977 Times 29 Oct. 12/3 Silver wine pourers and a novelty wine thermometer might be more giftlike. 1998 A. Sealy Everest Hotel (1999) 71 He sits on his haunches, the pourer poised, staring at a crack in the surface that looks like frozen lightning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1565 |
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