单词 | demijohn |
释义 | demijohn (once / 17331 pages) n WORD FAMILY demijohn: demijohns USAGE EXAMPLESNear them three red ghosts were busily unloading demijohns from a moving staircase. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World(1932) "I'm all in, I guess," she murmured, and the farmer put down the coffee pot and ran for the demijohn. Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, Mrs. Balfame—A Novel(2012) There the gentleman purchased a demijohn of something, and a side of bacon. Downs, E. C., Four Years A Scout and Spy(2012) n large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork Hyper bottle a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped |
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