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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--spigot(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年05月25日18:28:20 星期四), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
spigot (SPIG-uht) noun
1. A faucet.
2. A wooden faucet placed in the bunghole of a cask.
3. The vent plug of a cask.
[Middle English, perhaps from Old French *espigot, diminutive of Old
Provencal espiga, ear of grain, from Latin spica.]
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