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.
实用例句
1. Tables are set with white china and gold-banded silver cutlery.
桌上摆放着白色瓷器和镶着金边的银制餐具。
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2. We had no fridge, cooker, cutlery or crockery.
我们没有冰箱、炊具、刀具或餐具。
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3. We keep the cutlery in the kitchen.
我们把刀叉放在厨房里.
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4. Shef - field is famous for its cutlery.
谢菲尔德以餐具闻名.
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5. He felt a real country bumpkin, sitting in that expensive restaurant, not knowing which cutlery to use.
