| 单词 | flask |
| 释义 | flask (once / 1168 pages) n A flask is a small container that holds a liquid. Most flasks have a squarish body and a small neck for drinking or pouring. Don't try sneaking a flask into your tube sock. There are several different kinds of flasks, including a "hip flask," small enough to fit in a pocket, for carrying and surreptitiously sipping alcoholic beverages. Chemists use another type of flask in the laboratory, which has a wide bottom and a small mouth and is made of glass. And in Britain, a flask is also a vacuum-sealed container that keeps drinks hot, usually called a "Thermos" in the US. WORD FAMILYflask: flaskful, flasks+/flaskful: flaskfuls USAGE EXAMPLESWith all the hallmarks of a village inn, The Flask is very close to Highgate Cemetery - the burial place of Karl Marx. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It's then stored in an insulated tank, similar to a large thermos flask. BBC(Dec 09, 2016) She is setting out the cylindrical food flask full of jollof rice and chicken. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1n bottle that has a narrow neck Hypo|Hyper ampulla a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils canteena flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers Erlenmeyer flaska conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck hipflask, pocket flaska flask that holds spirits round-bottom flaska spherical flask with a narrow neck vacuum bottle, vacuum flaskflask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures Dewar, Dewar flaskvacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments thermos, thermos bottle, thermos flaskvacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks 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 2n the quantity a flask will hold Syn|Hyper flaskful containerful the quantity that a container will hold |
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