单词 | consommé |
释义 | consommén. A strong broth or soup made by slowly boiling meat for a long time. Now esp. applied to clear soup. Also figurative (cf. ‘in the soup’). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > clear soup consommé1815 suimono1822 alphabet soup1884 madrilene1953 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position > in straits waterOE straitly steadc1400 need-stead?c1450 at the worst hand1490 in suds1575 lock1598 at a bad hand1640 in a wood1659 in bad bread1743 up a stump1829 in a tight (also awkward, bad, etc.) spot1851 up shit creek1868 in the cart1889 in the soup1889 out on a limb1897 in a spot1929 up the creek1941 consommé1957 1815 L. Simond Jrnl. Tour Great Brit. I. 45 The soup is always a consommé, succulent, and high-seasoned. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxxi. 40 Salmi..consommè..purée. 1831 Athenæum 22 Jan. 53/1 Quacks in literature..subtilize into essence, or reduce into consommé. 1842 W. M. Thackeray Fitz-Boodle Papers in Wks. (1879) XVII. 209 Refreshments of a nature more substantial than mere tea—punch, both milk and rum, hot wine, consommé. 1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 53 Consommé, or clear Soup. 1891 T. F. Garrett Encycl. Pract. Cookery I. 429/2 Several futile attempts have been made by gastronomers to classify Consommés. 1907 G. A. Escoffier Guide Mod. Cookery ii. xiii. 197 Clear soups, which include plain and garnished consommés. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 2/1 Friends have..supplied brandy, Marsala, consommé, and strong coffee; which have made an immense difference to the patients. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 139/1 In the smaller restaurants, cocktails were served in consommé cups. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1815 |
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