单词 | regulo |
释义 | Regulon. 1. A thermostatic control for a domestic gas oven. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > part of > specific temperature control Regulo1922 Simmerstat1938 1922 Trade Marks Jrnl. 29 Nov. 2182 Regulo... Taps and valves of ordinary metal... Radiation, Limited,..Birmingham; manufacturers. 1936 Economist 28 Mar. 738/1 The ‘New World’ cooker, with the ‘Regulo’..revolutionised gas cooking. 1952 F. White Good Eng. Food ii. i. 115 The oven..must be the right heat... Gas Companies provide Regulos at the side. 1968 S. E. Ellacott Hist. Everyday Things in Eng. 1914–68 ii. 33 About 1930 an oven-control dial was introduced for gas cookers. This was named ‘Regulo’. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xxix. 229/2 If you..Into an oven squeezed yourself And turned to nine the Regulo;..You'd get a notion what it's like. 2. Chiefly Cookery. Usually with following numeral: a specific temperature setting on a standard scale, corresponding to a specific oven temperature. Also figurative.Gas mark (followed by a numeral) is now in more general use. ΚΠ 1954 G. Beer Austrian Cooking & Baking 148 Bake in very slow oven (Regulo 1-2) until set and dry. 1958 Spectator 6 June 733/1 There was the Guildhall, where..a temperature approximating to Regulo 7, caused such breathiness among the woodwind. 1965 E. David Summer Cooking (rev. ed.) 120 Cover the pan and cook in a slow oven (Regulo 3-4) for 2 hours. When the duck is tender [etc.]. 1977 New Society 6 Oct. 22/1 The inevitable Tory tactic of keeping things low key by a regulo one campaign, which would let apathy take its toll. We went for regulo nine. 2006 B. Griffiths Stotty 'n' Spice Cake ii. 70 Who could resist the switch of a gas tap, to be rewarded by queen cakes (regulo 5, 15-17 minutes) or lamb chops (baked at regulo 6, 25-30 minutes)? Compounds General attributive and instrumental, as regulo mark, regulo setting; regulo-controlled adj., etc. ΚΠ 1925 Times 31 Dec. 1/3 ‘Regulo-controlled’ gas cookers have ‘Rado’ burners which are not extinguished by liquid boiling over on them. 1936 D. Lucas & R. Hume Au Petit Cordon Bleu 33 Cook in a fairly hot oven (Regulo Mark 6). 1968 S. E. Ellacott Hist. Everyday Things in Eng. 1914–68 ii. 33 Cookery books..added the appropriate Regulo readings for their recipes. 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird vii. 160 The permanently retired, stultifying in the sunshine at a low regulo setting. 1991 Which? Apr. 236/2 We set the cookers to either the gas regulo mark, or temperature in °C, depending on how the oven dial was marked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922 |
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