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单词 reservatory
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reservatoryn.

Brit. /rᵻˈzəːvət(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈzərvəˌtɔri/, /riˈzərvəˌtɔri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reservatorium.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin reservatorium storehouse (13th cent.) < classical Latin reservāt- , past participial stem of reservāre reserve v.1 + -ōrium -ory suffix1. Compare reservoir n.
Now rare.
1. A repository; a receptacle, esp. for food; a cupboard; a storehouse. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun]
cellar?c1225
larderc1305
pantrya1325
butleryc1325
spencec1386
larder-house1390
aumbrya1398
lardinera1400
meatfettle1440
spinde1481
selyer1483
pantyr?a1500
vault1500
eschansonnery1514
lardrya1552
lard-house1555
coveyc1593
brine-house1594
dispense1622
reservatory1647
provedore1694
ice cellar1735
spring house1755
provision house1787
futtah1834
pataka1842
1647 tr. J. Böhme Way to Christ iv. 40 The evill shall be separated from the good in the substance of the world, and in the body, and every thing enter into its eternall reservatory.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 179 Under their [sc. Cormorants'] Bills, they have a great bag of shrivell'd skin,..and they make use of it as a reservatory [Fr. reseruoir] for the fish they take.
1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 36 Every Religious has in his own Apartment a Reservatory, stor'd with Fruit and other Necessaries.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca i. xxiii. 101 The Acharnensian parasites were to deposit an hecteum of their dole in the reservatory of Apollo, to whom they were to offer sacrifices.
1874 Subject-matter Index Patents 1790–1873 (U.S. Patent Office) III. 1200 Reservatory for groceries, &c.
1900 G. W. Pickerell in Biol. Lect. Marine Biol. Lab. Wood's Holl 1899 314 The mind of man is filled with desires, passions, perceptions, images and ideals, constituting an inexhaustible reservatory.
1949 H. Norris Church Vestments xii. 136 [The pectoral cross] is of gold set with enamel, mosaic, and jewels, the large red stone in the centre covering a small reservatory for a relic.
2.
a. A place in which water is collected; a reservoir; a cistern, a tank. Also (occasionally): a receptacle for any liquid.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for fluid
receipta1450
receivera1552
reservatory1666
reservoir1750
the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir
recluse1593
conservera1614
reserver1615
conservatory1626
tank1634
reservatory1666
reservoir1686
kund1837
impounding reservoir1875
catch basin1884
spring box1887
tank1898
1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. ii. 8 Pools and Reservatories [Fr. reservoirs] of fresh water, which supply the scarcity of Springs and Rivers.
1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands ii. v. 195 There must also be a very great care taken, that the Reservatory [Fr. reservoir] into which the squeezed juice falls..be often wash'd.
1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 177 Bringing the Water from great Reservatories which they made in the Mountains.
1704 Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. 4/1 The Snow..remains as it were in Wells and Reservatories.
1739 Act 12 Geo. II c. 32 §13 in Statutes at Large (1769) VI. 373 Any of the Water-courses, Canals, Ponds, Reservatories or Pipes already made or laid..for the Conveyance or Passage of the Water from..the said City of London.
1755 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio III. ix. 114 What are all the Canals in all the Countries of the Earth, compared with this immense Reservatory!
1893 L. Wallace Prince of India iv. xxiii. 470 The cistern was inhabited—some person was down there to be communicated with... The secret of the old reservatory was yet a secret.
2006 in U.S. Fed. News (Nexis) 21 Mar. A rainwater surface drain for use in roof drains comprises a substantially funnel-shaped reservatory for water.
b. A receptacle for fluids in animals and plants. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > pouch or receptacle > for fluid
baga1555
reservatory1670
reservoir1828
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > function of part > receptacle
receptory?a1425
reservatory1670
reservoir1710
receptacle1832
1670 tr. M. Charas New Exper. Vipers 10 In their Interstices there are also two small bladders somewhat long, serving for a reservatory [Fr. reservoir] of their seed.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 125 The Reservatories, where Pliny says, that Camels do a long time keep the Water, which they drink.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. x. i. 461 Its Leaves are channelled fit to catch and convey Water down into their Reservatories.
1730 A. Bower Historia Litteraria (1731) 1 No. 1. 30 The Milk,..rarifying with the Heat, is no longer to be contain'd in its small Reservatories.
1847 C. Cutter Anat. & Physiol. 337 Gloss. Lacteal, a vessel of animal bodies for conveying chyle from the intestines to the common reservatory.
3. A quantity of something kept in reserve. Obsolete. rare.
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1720 D. Manley Power of Love vi. 314 This Provision consisted of Forest-Fruits, Nuts and Apples, with a little Reservatory, in Case of extream Sickness and Distress, of some of the Vaudois Wine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reservatoryadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈzəːvət(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈzərvəˌtɔri/, /riˈzərvəˌtɔri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reservatorius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin reservatorius that may be used for keeping back or storage (12th cent. in a British source), reserved, set apart (13th cent.), of or belonging to reservation (14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin reservāt- , past participial stem of reservāre reserve v.1 + -ōrius -ory suffix2. Compare Middle French reservatoire (1554, in legal use, designating a clause which introduces a reservation). Compare earlier reservative adj.
1. Reserved, set apart. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective] > excepted
out-takea1325
exempt1426
except1467
reserved1565
excepteda1569
reservatory1654
exempted1712
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. v. 100 An excellent bugbeare..to set in one of Cloacina's reservatory, or privie Chambers.
2. Relating to or used for reservation. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separated or cut off from > separated from main body > for a purpose > relating to
reservatory1693
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. xxi. 182 I keep in a leaning posture in the Reservatory Baskets [Fr. dans les mannequins] those Trees that are designed for the Wall.
3. Chiefly Law. Having the effect of reserving something.
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society > law > legal concepts > [adjective] > that may be reserved
reservable1650
reservatory1829
1829 Times 31 Mar. 2/4 He would therefore confidently maintain that this reservatory clause must be inoperative.
1841 Fraser's Mag. July 32/2 The proclamations for promoting impeachments by accomplices always include the reservatory words, ‘except the actual murderer’.
1928 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 22 61 As regards the scope of this reservatory clause, the older treaties attempted to enumerate all exceptional cases where the right to refuse any assistance existed.
1964 Manchester School Econ. & Social Stud. 32 195 Statistical papers which are read by people not closely familiar with both the techniques and real-world processes involved should perhaps provide many more reservatory footnotes.
2005 Hindu (Nexis) 1 Dec. Arm-twisting through toothless regulatory or reservatory measures can prove counter-productive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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