| 单词 |
chamber-pot |
| 释义 |
chamber-pot|ˈtʃeɪmbəˌpɒt| [f. chamber n. + pot. (Cf. F. pot de chambre.)] A vessel used in a bedchamber for urine and slops. (In the crockery-trade, often euphemized as chamber.)
1570Wills & Inv. N.C. (1835) 348 Fyue chamber pottes of pouther vs. 1607Shakes. Cor. ii. i. 85. 1613 R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Iordan, a chamberpot. 1698Christ Exalted 63 Hath not the Potter power over the Clay, of the same lump to make a hundred Chamber-pots and but five drinking Vessels? 1776Phil. Trans. LXVI. 583. 1850 W. Irving Goldsmith 114 My mamma sends her compliments, and begs the favor of you to lend her a chamber-pot full of coals. |

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