phial

• n. 小药瓶；小玻璃瓶；管形瓶

来自希腊语phiale,杯，小瓶，可能来自PIE*pel,容器，词源同pelvis.也可拼做vial.

phial (n.)

late 14c., from Old French fiole "flask, phial" (12c.), probably from Medieval Latin phiola, from Latin phiala, from Greek phiale "broad, flat drinking vessel," of unknown origin.

1. The killer seems more comfortable with a phial than with a dagger

相比匕首，凶手似乎更喜欢使用小药瓶。

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2. Bohr Locked away with an imaginary phial of cyanide.

波尔它和一小瓶氯化物被封闭在密室中.

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3. He left the room, and returned in five minutes with a phial.

他离开房间, 不到五分钟,拿着一只小药瓶回来.

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4. The abb é made him smell the contents of the phial , and he again opened his eyes.

神甫使他嗅小瓶里的药水, 于是他又张开眼睛.

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