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cruet

/kroo-it/US // ˈkru ɪt //UK // (ˈkruːɪt) //

巡视,巡视器,坩埚,巡视员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.

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Examples

  • He was shedding tears copiously, and wiping them on a cruet-stand he carried in one hand.

  • There were little domesticities of intimate life about him, an empty soup-dish, a cruet-stand, a plate and a spoon.

  • Hang the pepper-box to his nose, nurse, then he will be a cruet.

  • This simple yet ingenious contrivance is far prettier than our somewhat vulgar cruet-stand.

  • A short time before he had calmly looked me in the face across the table, and pledged me in the vinegar-cruet, which he emptied.