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springhouse

/spring-hous/US // ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs //UK // (ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs) //

泉州,泉城,泉州日报,泉州市

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural spring·hous·es [spring-hou-ziz]. /ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊ zɪz/.

    • : a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.

Examples

  • And that cave was the one whar my Mammy kept her milk and butter--the springhouse whar they put you in prison.

  • She went her ways, saw to the garden and made the butter in the cool springhouse, and sat in the window seat in the twilights.

  • Night was coming fast across Lost Valley, while the tree-toads out by the springhouse set up their nightly chorus.

  • One of the children brought it from the springhouse, and the young adventurers drank freely and with a good relish.

  • A springhouse (L) stands at the entrance to the ear-shaped site.