a roughly spherical Roman flask with two handles 罗马双耳细颈圆瓶 ■a flask for sacred uses such as holding the oil for anointing the sovereign at a coronation (君主加冕等活动用)圣油瓶 ■(Anatomy & Zoology)a cavity, or the dilated end of a vessel, shaped like a Roman ampulla (剖,动)壶腹
语源
late Middle English : from Latin, diminutive of ampora, variant of amphora (see amphora)