单词 | sterno |
释义 | Sternon. U.S. A proprietary name for solidified alcohol supplied in containers for use as fuel for cooking stoves, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > solid solid fuel1891 Sterno1915 Meta1921 grain1952 1915 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 May 672/1 Sterno. S. Sternau & Co., New York, N.Y. Filed Mar. 24, 1915... Solid fuel composed mainly of alcohol. Claims use since Jan. 12, 1915. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. ix. 186 Somebody had squeezed the alcohol out of several cans of Sterno and added sugar, water and boiled-off spirits of nitre and called it wine. 1958 Washington Post 1 Nov. 1/3 They drink stuff like..Sterno (liquefied and strained ‘canned heat’). 1969 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 July 1237/2 Sterno... Solid fuels consisting mainly of alcohol. Colgate-Palmolive Company,..New York, State of New York 10022, United States of America; Manufacturers. 1978 R. Doliner On the Edge (1979) xvii. 223 There was no electricity... He cooked his meals over a can of Sterno. 1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express i. 16 Survival techniques at home..cooking on Sterno stoves and the like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : sterno-comb. form < n.1915 see also |
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