- refrigerator (n.)
[refrigerator 词源字典]
- 1610s, "something that cools," agent noun from refrigerate. As "cabinet for keeping food cool," 1824, originally in the brewery trade, in place of earlier refrigeratory (c. 1600). The electric-powered household device was available from c. 1918.[refrigerator etymology, refrigerator origin, 英语词源]