salt cellar

Related topics: Utensils

ˈsalt ˌcellar noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE

DFUa small container for salt 小盐瓶 SYN American English salt shaker

Examples from the Corpus

salt cellar• A chamberlain showed them to their seats just beneath the high table, which was dominated by a pearl-encrusted silver salt cellar.• His brother Gawain ignored him, gazing at the salt cellar or the window for minutes at a time and stolidly chewing.• Later, in the café, we put the flag into the salt cellar and waited.• A sign of taking too much salt is if you find it difficult to remove the salt cellar from the table.• Guido continued to watch her, toying with the salt cellar, his long tanned fingers very dark against the white cloth.

Origin salt cellar

(1400-1500) cellar from Old French salliere, from Latin salarium, from sal “salt”

词汇	salt cellar
释义	salt cellar Related topics: Utensils ˈsalt ˌcellar noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE DFUa small container for salt 小盐瓶 SYN American English salt shaker Examples from the Corpus salt cellar• A chamberlain showed them to their seats just beneath the high table, which was dominated by a pearl-encrusted silver salt cellar.• His brother Gawain ignored him, gazing at the salt cellar or the window for minutes at a time and stolidly chewing.• Later, in the café, we put the flag into the salt cellar and waited.• A sign of taking too much salt is if you find it difficult to remove the salt cellar from the table.• Guido continued to watch her, toying with the salt cellar, his long tanned fingers very dark against the white cloth. Origin salt cellar (1400-1500) cellar from Old French salliere, from Latin salarium, from sal “salt”
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