单词 | kebab |
释义 | kebabn. = cabob n. 1; pieces of meat roasted on a skewer (see also quot. 1970). Cf. doner kebab n., shish kebab n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > meat cooked on skewer cabob1698 kebab1813 sosatie1833 shish kebab1914 satay1917 shashlik1925 spiedie1938 shawarma1953 tikka1955 doner kebab1958 souvlaki1958 yakitori1962 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. II. xvi. 12 A superb dinner of fifty covers, cooked in the Mogul taste..pilaurs, keb-abs, curries, and other savoury dishes. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xiv. 87 She would have made out nobly on kibaubs. a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) xii. 105 Mr. Clitheroe was like a lamb whom the shepherd intends first to shear close..and at last to cut up into keebaubs. 1902 Daily Chron. 19 Nov. 8/4 I leave these, and press on past rows of animals, heaps of fodder, dealers and kibab sellers and market women. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Nov. 836/4 A learned disquisition on skewer-cooking, of Eastern origin, leading to various kinds of kebabs. 1954 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 450/2 The Muslims who gave the dish its name (which can also appear in such forms as khubab, kibbab and qabab) used their swords to impale the food. 1955 G. Band Road to Rakaposhi viii. 100 The evening meal was preceded by a kebab. Beef liver and kidney sliced in small chunks was skewered on to long thin sticks and roasted over an open fire. 1963 R. Carrier Great Dishes of World 139 If the weather is too cool for outdoor cookery, kebabs can be grilled indoors with ease. 1970 A. L. Simon & R. Howe Dict. Gastron. 234/1 Cubes of vegetables are also called kebabs; there are kebab ragoûts... There are also fish kebabs. 1973 Times 9 Nov. 14/4 I then bought some kebab skewers. 1974 Times 4 May 11/6 The Open Space in Tottenham Court Road..is within easy reach of..the kebab houses around Charlotte Street. The least frantic at lunchtime seem to be the Cypriana Kebab House..and the Venus Kebab House. Draft additions June 2004 kebab house n. colloquial a shop, often a takeaway, which sells kebabs. ΚΠ 1967 Times 18 July 7/5 The numerous cafés and kebab houses possess that air of somnolent vitality never to be found in equivalent English cafés. 2003 New Yorker 7 Apr. 38/1 Only a few places were open: a couple of cheap and cheerful kebab houses, a pharmacy or two, and, curiously, a luggage shop. Draft additions June 2004 kebab van n. British a van with a small cooking area and service hatch, that sells kebabs and other takeaway food (cf. chip van n. at chip n.2 Compounds 1c). ΚΠ 1990 Independent 1 Sept. 3/6 A Turk who works on a kebab van normally parked near the University of Reading. 2001 In at Deep End: Cherwell Freshers' Guide 2001 20/2 Now, your typical kebab van doesn't just sell kebab meat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813 |
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