单词 | rhinoceros cup |
释义 | > as lemmasrhinoceros cup rhinoceros cup n. a cup made from the hollowed-out horn of a rhinoceros, esp. one used for ceremonial purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > horn hornc1000 bugle horna1387 ox-horna1398 rhinoceros cup1649 goblet1688 goglet1688 1649 Inventory in Archæol. (1806) 15 284 A rinoceras cupp graven with figures. 1835 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 281 The She-king, in denouncing the crimes of one of the ancient ministers, says, ‘Give him (the transgressor) a rhinoceros' cup!’ 1939 Burlington Mag. Aug. 70/1 A carved Rhinoceros cup in the possession of Mme. Waniek (Paris) bears the date A.D. 1508. 1999 A. J. Gschwend in G. Bertini & A. J. Gschwend Il ‘Guardaroba’ di una Principessa del Rinascimento 51/2 The two ivory folding fans from Ceylon..and a rhinoceros cup from Goa with Portuguese mounts, were of the best quality. < as lemmas |
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