demijohn

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
    — “Reckon it's first-drink time,” the old prospector cried cheerily, and unearthed Monica's two-gallon demijohn.

词形变化

demijohns plural demi-john alternative

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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