a small container, or set of containers, for salt, pepper, oil, etc. for use on the table at meals (餐桌上的)调味瓶,一组调味瓶 Word OriginMiddle English (originally relating to a container used for wine or water in the Eucharist at church): from Anglo-Norman French, diminutive of Old French crue ‘pot’, from Old Saxon krūka; related to crock ‘ earthenware pot’.