单词 | beaker |
释义 | beaker/ˈbiːkə /noun British 1A tall drinking container, typically made of plastic, with straight sides and no handle.We had been pre-warned that there wasn't an interval in the show so we'd have to take our pre-show drinks in plastic beakers....
Synonyms cup, tumbler, glass, mug, jug, drinking vessel 1.1A lipped cylindrical glass container for laboratory use.Inside the room-sized locker they built a virtual laboratory - complete with beakers, funnels, jars, glass tubes, transfer pumps and vats of chemicals....
1.2 archaic or literary A large drinking container with a wide mouth.The imitations imply knowledge of imported origins and, in fact, the Divari tombs did contain Augustan-period beakers of Italian thin-walled ware....
1.3 Archaeology A waisted pot characteristic of graves of the Beaker folk.Excavated in 1911, the primary burial dates to about 2500 BC and comprised a crouched inhumation in a cist accompanied by a beaker, bone pin, and flint tools....
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'large drinking container'): from Old Norse bikarr, perhaps based on Greek bikos 'drinking bowl'. Rhymes |
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