salver

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Utensilssalversal‧ver /ˈsælvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] DFUa large metal plate used for serving food or drink at a formal meal a silver salverExamples from the Corpussalver• He said take it back downstairs and bring it to me on a salver.• The winners received a salver and cheque for £300.• Chilperic also showed Gregory a gold salver covered with gems, weighing fifty pounds.• The press were delighted to have the scandal fed to them on a silver salver.• Romanov's monologue was only once interrupted, by a waiter who wheeled in a trolley on which sat a silver salver.• Each finalist will receive a commemorative medal and the top three will win a silver salver.• The waiter lifted the salver to reveal a rack of lamb surrounded by courgettes and tiny new potatoes.• On the salver was an ice-bucket cooling a bottle of champagne and two long fluted glasses.Origin salver (1600-1700) French salve, from Spanish salva “testing of food to check for poison, large metal plate on which tested food was given to the king”, from salvar “to save, test food”, from Late Latin salvare; → SAVE1

单词	salver
释义	salver From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Utensilssalversal‧ver /ˈsælvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] DFUa large metal plate used for serving food or drink at a formal meal a silver salverExamples from the Corpussalver• He said take it back downstairs and bring it to me on a salver.• The winners received a salver and cheque for £300.• Chilperic also showed Gregory a gold salver covered with gems, weighing fifty pounds.• The press were delighted to have the scandal fed to them on a silver salver.• Romanov's monologue was only once interrupted, by a waiter who wheeled in a trolley on which sat a silver salver.• Each finalist will receive a commemorative medal and the top three will win a silver salver.• The waiter lifted the salver to reveal a rack of lamb surrounded by courgettes and tiny new potatoes.• On the salver was an ice-bucket cooling a bottle of champagne and two long fluted glasses.Origin salver (1600-1700) French salve, from Spanish salva “testing of food to check for poison, large metal plate on which tested food was given to the king”, from salvar “to save, test food”, from Late Latin salvare; → SAVE1
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