• n. 餐具；刀劍制造業(yè)

置換自拉丁語culter,刀，來自PIE*skel,砍，劈，詞源同cleave,scale.-ery,集合名詞后綴。拼寫 受cut 影響俗化。

cutlery (n.)

mid-14c., cutellerie, "art or trade of knife-making," from Old French coutelerie "cutlery, knife-making" (13c., Modern French coutellerie) "cutting utensils," also "knife-making," from coutel "knife," from Latin cultellus (see cutlass). Meaning "knives and forks collectively" is from 1836.

1. Tables are set with white china and gold-banded silver cutlery.

桌上擺放著白色瓷器和鑲著金邊的銀制餐具。

來自柯林斯例句

2. We had no fridge, cooker, cutlery or crockery.

我們沒有冰箱、炊具、刀具或餐具。

來自柯林斯例句

3. We keep the cutlery in the kitchen.

我們把刀叉放在廚房里.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Shef - field is famous for its cutlery.

謝菲爾德以餐具聞名.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He felt a real country bumpkin, sitting in that expensive restaurant, not knowing which cutlery to use.

他覺得自己像個(gè)土老帽兒, 坐在高級(jí)餐廳里, 不知道該用哪一件餐具.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》