英语词汇“pottle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pottle

/ˈpɒt(ə)l

noun

1 archaic A measure for liquids equal to a half gallon.The bird was then pounded in a mortar, distilled with a lot of sack - a pottle was half a gallon, or four pints - and the milk....

In 1639 an English consumer paid one penny for a pottle of milk.
The recipe in ‘Proper newe’ calls for eight eggs and a pottle of cream.

2 archaic A small conical punnet for strawberries or other fruit.In this case, Herbert is carrying a pottle of strawberries, so the basket reference is probably the correct one....

When you purchase a pottle take care, disreputable vendors often stuff the bottom with paper or overripe berries.

2.1NZ A small plastic or cardboard food container: a pottle of apricot yogurt...

Once I move a little way away from the fresh produce, however, and into the cans, bottles, pottles, plastics, and packets, ‘buying local’ becomes much more difficult.
As I dry the last of the ex-takeaway plastic pottles, I'm entranced by the effort required to eat without hands.
Possibly earlier if an additional 6.3 million pottles of yoghurt are eaten for breakfast.

Origin

Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French potel 'little pot', diminutive of pot.

单词	pottle
释义	pottle /ˈpɒt(ə)l / noun 1 archaic A measure for liquids equal to a half gallon.The bird was then pounded in a mortar, distilled with a lot of sack - a pottle was half a gallon, or four pints - and the milk.... In 1639 an English consumer paid one penny for a pottle of milk. The recipe in ‘Proper newe’ calls for eight eggs and a pottle of cream. 2 archaic A small conical punnet for strawberries or other fruit.In this case, Herbert is carrying a pottle of strawberries, so the basket reference is probably the correct one.... When you purchase a pottle take care, disreputable vendors often stuff the bottom with paper or overripe berries. 2.1NZ A small plastic or cardboard food container: a pottle of apricot yogurt... Once I move a little way away from the fresh produce, however, and into the cans, bottles, pottles, plastics, and packets, ‘buying local’ becomes much more difficult. As I dry the last of the ex-takeaway plastic pottles, I'm entranced by the effort required to eat without hands. Possibly earlier if an additional 6.3 million pottles of yoghurt are eaten for breakfast. Origin Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French potel 'little pot', diminutive of pot. Rhymes axolotl, bottle, dottle, glottal, mottle, throttle, wattle
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