biggin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A child's cap; (figuratively) childhood. archaic
    — […] my brain has been topsy-turvy, they say, ever since the biggin was bound first round my head; so turning me upside down may peradventure restore it again.
  2. A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.
    — As he became more popular, household objects were brought into requisition for his instruction in a copious vocabulary; and whenever he appeared in the Yard ladies would fly out at their doors crying ‘Mr Baptist—tea-pot!’ ‘Mr Baptist—dust-pan!’ ‘Mr Baptist—flour-dredger!’ ‘Mr Baptist—coffee-biggin!’ At the same time exhibiting those articles, and penetrating him with a sense of the appalling difficulties of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
  3. A drinking vessel for ale or beer; possibly a tankard.
    — Oswald's wife then put before him a large pie, and some wheaten bread, with a biggin of good beer.
  4. An official's hood or coif. historical

词形变化

biggins plural biggins plural bigging alternative biggins plural

词源

词源 1
From French béguin. Compare beguine.
词源 2
Said to have been from the inventor's surname.
词源 3
Unknown
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