demijohn

n. 小口大酒瓶 [化] 坛; 酸坛

发音

UK /ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/
其它

词形变化

demijohns 复数 demijohns

别名

demi-john

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

bottle

词源

Partial calque of French dame-jeanne (literally “Lady Jane”), of uncertain origin. Note that the French Jeanne (“Jane, feminine of John”) has changed to the masculine form John, rather than the cognate English Jane.

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