carafe

名词 n.
/kəˈɹæf/    /kəˈɹæf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
    — Amongst the scattered letters and papers, there stood a claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass.
  2. A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
    — Emma brings out the carafe of dark coffee.

词形变化

carafes plural

词源

First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy.
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