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flask 音标拼音: [fl'æsk] n. 细颈瓶,烧瓶,小水瓶 细颈瓶,烧瓶,小水瓶 flask n 1: bottle that has a narrow neck 2: the quantity a flask will hold [ synonym: { flask}, { flaskful}] Flask \ Flask\ ( fl[ a^] sk or fl[. a] sk), n. [ AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. fla` skh, fla` skwn, fla` skion. Cf. { Flagon}, { Flasket}.] 1. A small bottle- shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A narrow- necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A bed in a gun carriage. [ Obs.] -- Bailey. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat- bottomed and cone- shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it. { Florence flask}. [ From Florence in Italy.] ( a) Same as { Betty}, n., 3. ( b) A glass flask, round or pear- shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions. { Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking. [ 1913 Webster] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " flask": calabash, canteen, carafe, carboy, caster, cruet, cruse, decanter, demijohn, ewer, fifth, flacon, flagon, flasket, gourd, hipflask, hot- water bottle, jar, jeroboam, jug, lota, magnum, mussuk, olla, phial, stoup, vacuum bottle, vial
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