| 释义 |
zwieback|ˈtsviːbak|
Also zwei-. Pl. -(s).
[a. Ger., f. zwie (zwei) twice + backen bake.]
A (sweet) rusk or biscuit made by baking a small loaf, and then toasting slices until they are dry and crisp.
1894N.Y. Weekly Tribune 14 Mar. 5/3 These Zweiback will keep for a long time if put in a dry place. 1907Practitioner Apr. 552 On the seventh day, some well⁓cooked rice and a few softened Zwieback are allowed. 1925[see biscuity a.]. 1949M. Mead Male & Female xiii. 273 The game of ‘I give you something and you give me something’ is not necessarily cross-sexed when it is based on bottles and zwieback. 1957V. Nabokov Pnin v. 132 The various biscuits, wafers, pretzels, zwiebacks. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp xv. 287 Hope gave Nicky a zwieback and he stopped crying. |