| 单词 | stop-tap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstop-tap stop-tap n. = stopcock n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve cockc1483 window1576 stopcock1584 register1612 shut1651 valve1659 flap1824 shut-off1869 stop-tap1895 stop-gate1902 1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Architects 14 Mar. 350 Pipes should be run on inside walls and fitted with several stop-taps. stop-tap stop-tap n. the time at which drinks cease to be served in a public house. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > a calculated space of time > closing-time closing-time1896 stop-tap1938 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking times bever1499 the sun is over the yardarm (also foreyard)1839 opening time1841 chucking-out time1909 permitted hours1919 stop-tap1938 happy hour1951 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxiii. 240 Bob said that they hadn't passed by any public houses and that it was after ‘stop tap’ that they were passing the shop. 1940 D. Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 228 If you go for a constitutional after stop-tap along the sands you might as well be in Sodom and Gomorrah. 1960 V. Jenkins Lions Down Under 103 The ‘five o'clock, to six o'clock swill’ in the bars of New Zealand cities—for ‘stop-tap’ is at six—is also a phenomenon to be avoided. 1975 ‘R. Lewis’ Part of Virtue vi. 147 Next evening, after stop tap, he was putting some crates out behind the pub. < as lemmas |
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