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flask

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Utensils, Chemistry
ldoce_107_cflask /flɑːsk $ flæsk/ noun [countable]  1. thermos.jpg British EnglishDFU a special type of bottle that you use to keep liquids either hot or cold, for example when travelling 保温瓶 SYN Thermos5  See picture of hip flask 扁酒瓶, flask 烧瓶, Thermos flask 保温杯2. DFUa hip flask 扁酒瓶3. HCa glass bottle with a narrow top, used in a laboratory 〔实验室用的〕烧瓶
Examples from the Corpus
flaskBrown headlands, ribbons of current, purple and turquoise waters clear as a flask all shivered and dazzled.Another takes a sip from a flask in a paper bag.They even shared cream cakes and tea from a flask at half-time.Angus thought everyone looked so chilly that he shivered in sympathy and took a swallow from his flask.What collectors refer to as historical flasks are glass bottles blown into metal molds between about 1815 and 1870.Alternatively the embryo culture dishes can be placed in sealed flasks pre-equilibrated with a mixture of 5% CO2 in air.He drank some whisky from the flask in his pack.
Origin flask (1300-1400) Late Latin flasco
flask nounChinese
Corpus bottle a type of special to use you that


flask
flask /flɑːsk $ flæsk/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Late Latin
 Origin: flasco

1. British English a special type of bottle that you use to keep liquids either hot or cold, for example when travelling
   SYN  Thermos
2. a hip flask
3. a glass bottle with a narrow top, used in a laboratory


flaskBrE /flɑːsk/ 🔊NAmE /flæsk/ 🔊 noun
a bottle with a narrow top, used in scientific work for mixing or storing chemicals 烧瓶
(BrE) = vacuum flask a flask of tea/coffee 一保温瓶的茶/咖啡   compare Thermos™ (especially NAmE) (also ˈhip flask NAmE, BrE ) a small flat bottle made of metal or glass and often covered with leather, used for carrying alcohol 小扁酒瓶(用金属或玻璃制成,常带皮套,随身携带)