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carboy

/kahr-boi/US // ˈkɑr bɔɪ //UK // (ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used especially for holding corrosive liquids.

Examples

  • But in his carboy was a fresh tiger bone, acquired recently.

  • Carboy—who don't know any more about a vessel than a kitten does of the ten commandments—will tell you to do it.

  • Mr. Fluxion was absent only an hour, and during his absence Dr. Carboy watched the students every moment of the time.

  • Set it for a considerable time aside in a corked carboy, before it be bottled.

  • I left home in such haste that I forgot to tell you to send to Mr. Johnson's for a carboy of wine.

  • Rocked in the cradle of ruts and furrows, Hans, portly as a carboy, half-dozed on the front seat.