单词 | dumple |
释义 | dumplev. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > prepare food [verb (transitive)] > prepare as specific dish dumple1633 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iii. ii. sig. F4v Greed. Without order for the dumpling? Ouer. Let it be dumpl'd Which way thou wilt. b. To bend or compress into a dumpy shape. ΚΠ 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 18 Jan. (1941) 9 [He] was a little man, dumpled up together, and so ill-made as to seem almost deformd. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 93 Let law come dimple Cinoncino's cheek, And Latin dumple Cinarello's chin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1633 |
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