| 单词 | home-fed |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome-fed home-fed adj. (a) (of an animal or its meat) fed or fattened at home; local; not imported from abroad; (b) (of a person) fed or raised at home; healthy-looking, plump (cf. corn-fed adj. b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > well fed or nourished fatc893 well-nourishedc1300 full-feedinga1382 well-feda1398 feasted1440 well-nurturedc1450 home-fed1573 corn-fed1576 stall-fed1589 repleted1592 well-feasted1611 high-fed1612 succulent1673 corn-fed1787 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 30v Fat, home fed sowce, is good in a howse. 1780 W. Combe R—l Reg. IV. 127 Such an education, assisted by parental arts, will continue the childhood of the home-fed boy to an advanced period of life. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxv. 329 He had killed a south-down,—not one of your modern muttoney-lambs, but an honest, home-fed, four-year-old. 1904 Creamery Jrnl. Dec. 87/1 If it is necessary to inspect so closely our home-fed animals we would suggest that it is quite as essential that the carcases of foreign-killed animals should also be examined. 2007 D. Favre & A. E. Hunt Don't bet against Me! v. 61 I felt sorry for those TV people. They were used to dressing Hollywood size fours, and now they found themselves facing a couple of home-fed Mississippi girls. < as lemmas |
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