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单词 green goddess
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green goddessn.

Brit. /ˌɡriːn ˈɡɒdᵻs/, /ˌɡriːn ˈɡɒdɛs/, U.S. /ˌɡrin ˈɡɑdəs/
Forms: also with capital initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., goddess n.
Etymology: < green adj. + goddess n., apparently after the title of William Archer's 1921 play The Green Goddess (of which there were film adaptations with the same name in 1923 and 1930). With sense 2 perhaps compare use of Green Goddess as the name of a British locomotive (built 1925), apparently also after the title of Archer's play.
1. Originally and chiefly U.S. A type of thick, creamy salad dressing, typically made with mayonnaise, anchovies, and herbs. Also: a type of green salad dressed with this. Chiefly attributive, esp. in green goddess dressing.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > salad dressing > other salad dressings
remoulade1733
French dressing1874
vinaigrette1880
Russian dressing1900
Roquefort dressing1910
Roquefort cheese dressing1911
Roquefort salad dressing1911
thousand island1916
green goddess1933
Roquefort1949
rouille1951
thousand isle1962
Caesar1978
1933 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Dec. 19/6 Green Goddess Dressing... Serve with fruit, vegetable or gelatine salad.
1958 Los Angeles Times 26 June ii. 3/1 I like..black coffee, purple mountains and green goddess salads.
1961 Spectator 8 Dec. 879/1 Olympia pan roast..and Green Goddess dressing..turn out to be entirely local [i.e. from the West Coast of the United States] inventions.
2006 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 7 Sept. 6 k Top with a light coating of lemon and olive oil or a creamy dressing like green goddess or dill.
2. British (originally slang). A type of basic fire engine developed for use by the armed forces and typically painted green. The vehicle's official name is the Bedford RLHZ Self-propelled Pump.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > fire-engine > specific kinds of
manual1866
steamer1870
propeller1901
pumper1912
green goddess1973
1973 Guardian 5 Nov. 16/4 The troops..will return to their depots. Their 28 fire appliances known during the strike as ‘green goddesses’ will go back to ‘mothballs’.
1977 Times 14 Nov. 1/4 The total fire fighting capability for Belfast and Londonderry during the firemen's strike will consist only of 15 auxiliary fire engines or ‘Green Goddesses’.
2002 Times 12 Sept. i. 2/6 FBU sources said it would be virtually impossible to bring out Green Goddesses and the armed forces for one or two days repeatedly over several weeks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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