“roasting、jack”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

roasting-jack

释义

ˈroasting-jack
[roasting vbl. n. 2 a.]
A contrivance for turning meat, etc., while it is being roasted. Cf. Jack n.¹ 7.
1784Cries of London 124 All lodgers to accommodate With roasting Jacks of twisted wire.1842S. Lover Handy Andy xxiv, Some cross sticks suspended by a string, after the fashion of a roasting-jack.1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxxv, It is not the logic of human action, but of a roasting-jack, that must go on to the last turn when it has been once wound up.
attrib.1834Tait's Mag. I. 132/1 The roasting-jack maker, the watchmaker,..the gunmaker, and many others.1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 5979 Improved roasting-jack screen.

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