“spittoon”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

spittoon

释义

spittoon|spɪˈtuːn|
Also spitoon.
[f. spit v.² + -oon.]
A receptacle for spittle, usually a round flat vessel of earthenware or metal, sometimes having a cover in the form of a shallow funnel with an opening in the middle.
1840in Thornton Amer. Gloss. s.v., A well-dressed gentle⁓man picked up a China spittoon.1841Dickens Barn. Rudge x, Not at all particular on the subject of spittoons.1851N. Hawthorne in J. Hawthorne Hawthorne & his Wife (1885) I. 420 There were spittoons..at equal distances up and down the broad entries.1888W. R. Carles Life in Korea ii. 21 One or two small brass spittoons were on the floor.

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