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punnet

/puhn-it/US // ˈpʌn ɪt //UK // (ˈpʌnɪt) //

双关语,双关,双关口,双胞胎

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British, Australian.

    • : a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.

Examples

  • Forty or fifty years ago a punnet or two of the attractive vivid scarlet fruit might be seen in season at Covent Garden Market.

  • Prime fruit ought to be scarce and dear, picked careful, and kept in the punnet.

  • He had, it appeared, talked to Lady Punnet about private theatricals!

  • Your gardener said to me this morning: 'I'll pick a "punnet" of strawberries to-day.'

  • Incidentally he alluded quite familiarly to men with military titles, and once even to someone with a title, a Lady Punnet.