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hot-water bottle

热水瓶,热水袋,热水壶,水壶

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a receptacle, now usually made of rubber, designed to be filled with hot water, used for warming a bed or parts of the body

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.

  • When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.

  • Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.

  • Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

  • In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

  • In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.

  • Urbanity ushers in water that needs no apology, and gives a zest to the worst vintage.

  • The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

  • Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

  • “You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.