| 单词 | church key |
| 释义 | church key (once / 288276 pages) n A church key is a can opener that has a triangular pointed end. You might want to poke two holes in the top of your pineapple juice can with your church key before serving it. Originally, church keys actually resembled large keys (thus the name) and were used to pry open caps or corks from bottles. Then, when beer cans began being marketed in the 1930s with flat metal covers, the same name, church key, was given to the devices used to open them by piercing them with triangle-shaped holes. These are the type of church keys we still use today, although often our modern church keys also have one end to pop off bottle caps as well. WORD FAMILYchurch key: church keys USAGE EXAMPLESThe Church Key will be be closed for Thanksgiving but will offer a holiday to-go menu with a whole turkey, whole prime rib and desserts. Los Angeles Times(Nov 20, 2015) And a slew of restaurants are putting lunch on their own daily menus, including Church Key, Hutchinson and Terrine. Los Angeles Times(Oct 21, 2015) He mounted a bottle opener marked “church key” on a retractable string, which doubles as his wife’s laundry line. Washington Times(May 03, 2015) n can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans Hyper can opener, tin opener a device for cutting cans open |
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