spittoons

spittoons

美 [spɪˈtun] 　英 [spɪˈtuːn]

• n.痰盂
• 网络医用痰盂

词形变化

复数：spittoons  

英汉解释

n.

1. 痰盂

英英解释

n.	1. a container used in the past for spitting into

例句

He was such a fan of chewing tobacco that brass spittoons were installed in the White House.

他嗜烟如命，以至于把黄铜质的痰盂都放在白宫。

Previously I had only seen spittoons in the bar scenes of cowboy movies I watched as a child.

以前我只在小时候观看牛仔电影时，在酒吧场景里看过痰盂。

In Canada, for instance: when I was young I saw men spitting in public areas outdoors, or in spittoons at home.

比如，在加拿大，我小时候看到过有人在公共场所随地吐痰，或是在家里把痰吐在痰盂里。

His father Sidney, who never made high school, had joined in 1907 to clean the spittoons.

他的父亲西德尼•温伯格（Sidney）从来没上过高中，1907年加入高盛时的工作是清理痰盂。

Nearly everybody else was sixty-five to eighty years old, and they actually had chairs and spittoons in the trading pit.

差不多别人都是65——80岁，这些人真的在场内有椅子和痰盂。