| 单词 | egg sandwich |
| 释义 | > as lemmasegg sandwich a. An article of food for a light meal or snack, composed of two thin slices of bread, usually buttered, with a savoury (originally spec. meat, esp. beef or ham) or other filling. Frequently with specifying word prefixed indicating contents, as ham sandwich, egg sandwich, watercress sandwich, peanut butter sandwich (see peanut butter n.), or form, as club sandwich (see club n. Compounds 3), Dagwood sandwich, Denver sandwich, hero sandwich (see hero n. Compounds 4), poor boy sandwich (see poor boy n.), submarine sandwich (see submarine n.). Occasionally with only one slice of bread, as in open sandwich or open-faced sandwich (see open-face adj. 2), or with biscuits, sliced buns, or cake. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread with spread or filling > [noun] > sandwich sandwich1762 butty1827 round1901 dodger1919 wad1919 sanger1943 sarnie1961 sarmie1970 sambo1972 sammie1978 1762 E. Gibbon Jrnl. 24 Nov. (1929) 185 I dined at the Cocoa Tree... That respectable body..affords every evening a sight truly English. Twenty or thirty..of the first men in the kingdom,..supping at little tables..upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. 10 Sir Chr. Not a morsel, Tom, if you would give me the universe. Rack. Pooh, man, only a Sandwich or so. 1800 J. Austen Let. 25 Oct. (1995) 49 At Oakley Hall we did a great deal—eat some sandwiches all over mustard [etc.]. 1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. xi. 21 Our Nimrods..have felt..the propriety of carrying a sandwich into the field. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 337 The supper consisted of small triangular sandwiches in trays. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 468 A..Glasgow confectioner..has the credit of making one hundred different kinds of sandwiches. 1872 Cassell's Househ. Guide (new ed.) III. 224 Egg Sandwiches. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw II. xii. 155 He ordered a hasty lunch of claret and sandwiches. 1925 S. Lewis Martin Arrowsmith xxiv. 280 You might bring me a Denver sandwich from the Sunset Trail Lunch. 1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 11 Get me a sandwich... I'm so empty I can hear my stomach. 1954 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. (rev. ed.) 443/1 Buns and cakes, provided they are not too sweet may be cut in thin slices and used for sweet sandwiches. 1977 Rolling Stone 16 June 12/1 Our past albums were like Dagwood sandwiches because you had to listen to them 30 or 40 times on very sophisticated equipment to hear everything we'd dub in. 1978 G. Mitchell Mingled with Venom iv. 37 Take Diana the smaller of my two sponge sandwiches. < as lemmas |
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