A lamp burning volatile spirits, especially methylated spirits, instead of oil.
酒精灯
Example sentencesExamples
As Elizabeth David has explained, this device ‘ultimately became the elegant silver-plated chafing dish set over a spirit lamp and used for the table cookery of Edwardian dishes’.
An omelette for two can be made over a good spirit lamp in a little eight-inch pan.
The Norwich kettle has a London mark for 1695 but the stand, with its integrated spirit lamp, was supplied five years later by the London silversmith John East.
Definition of spirit lamp in US English:
spirit lamp
nounˈspɪrɪt ˌlæmp
A lamp burning volatile spirits, especially methylated spirits, instead of oil.
酒精灯
Example sentencesExamples
As Elizabeth David has explained, this device ‘ultimately became the elegant silver-plated chafing dish set over a spirit lamp and used for the table cookery of Edwardian dishes’.
The Norwich kettle has a London mark for 1695 but the stand, with its integrated spirit lamp, was supplied five years later by the London silversmith John East.
An omelette for two can be made over a good spirit lamp in a little eight-inch pan.