| 单词 | freezing works |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfreezing works freezing works n. Australian and New Zealand an establishment in which animals are killed and the carcasses prepared and frozen for export. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > abattoir slaughterhousec1374 slaughter-yard1688 abattoir1809 the Yards1865 saladero1870 freezing works1889 chicken factory1893 1889 E. Wakefield N.Z. after Fifty Years vi. 130 The solution of all their difficulties..was found to lie in having freezing works on shore, near the place of shipment. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxxv. 464 For the shipment of the Queensland supply, freezing works are in process of construction in Brisbane, Rockhampton, and Townsville. 1906 E. W. Elkington Adrift in N.Z. v. 72 Cattle and sheep in their thousands..eventually find their way, via the freezing works, to our own dinner-tables. 1963 N. Hilliard Piece of Land 28 Within smelling distance of the freezing works and the stock~yards. < as lemmas |
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