| 单词 | bird fountain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird fountain bird fountain n. a glass vessel specially constructed for caged birds to drink from (now historical); (in later use also) a bird bath equipped with a fountain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > bird-bath bird fountain1737 bird bath1847 1737 Boston Gaz. 23 May A Choice Sortment of Delph, Stone, and Glass Ware.., Bird Fountains.., &c. 1867 Rep. before Joint. Comm. City Council of Boston upon Subj. of Gas 27 The water is kept in the bird-fountain by atmospheric pressure—no air being admitted into it. 1905 Amer. Ornithol. Mar. 132 The birds' nests about my place have increased almost six fold.., and..the main reason for this increase is to be found in my bird fountain. 2001 J. Turnbull Sc. Glass Ind. 1610–1750 iii. 57 A price list published by the Leith glassworks in 1797 contained no less than 156 items, ranging from bird fountains to eye glasses. < as lemmas |
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