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单词 carboy
释义

carboy

noun

car·​boy ˈkär-ˌbȯi How to pronounce carboy (audio)
: a large container for liquids

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Beneath them sit carboys filled with homemade meads, fruit wines and perry. The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017 It can be siphoned to a 5-gallon carboy to allow extra time for clearing if desired, for about 7 days. Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017 It can be siphoned to a 5-gallon carboy to allow extra time for clearing if desired, for about 7 days. Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017 This milk takes the dubious prize for most additives: guar gum, carboy methyl cellulose, polysorbate 60, citric acid, sodium, sodium metabisulphite. Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2017 To get a sample from a flamingo-dotted pond on the island of Floreana, Venter, Hoffman, and others lugged 13-gallon carboys over a hill to be loaded onto the boat. James Shreeve, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2004

Word History

Etymology

Persian qarāba, from Arabic qarrāba demijohn

First Known Use

1711, in the meaning defined above

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