| 单词 | mange-tout pea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmange-tout pea A variety of pea, Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon, producing pods which have no fibrous inner layer and are eaten whole while still unripe with the seeds they contain (also mange-tout pea); the pods of this pea used as a vegetable; = sugar pea n. at sugar n. Compounds 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > sugar-pea sugar pea1707 mange-tout1823 snow pea1949 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > pea > sugar-pea sugar pea1707 mange-tout1823 snow pea1949 1823 P. Neill Jrnl. Hort. Tour 489 I noticed a kind of pea with the legumens very much bent, and called the Pois des Couches: it was a mange-tout, or used without shelling. 1928 Daily Express 18 July 5/2 It [sc. a variety of pea] is largely grown in France, where it goes by the name of ‘mange-tout’..and is eaten, shell and all. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 591/1 The seeds [sc. peas] are contained in a green pod, which is not usually eaten (except in the case of the sugar or mangetout variety). 1966 Sunday Times 27 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 50/3 A bowl of mangetout peas. 1974 Observer 15 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 12/3 Asked with impious briskness precisely when to sow mange-touts, divide artichokes or prune plums. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 26/1 A typical Sloane dinner-party menu could be jellied consommé and mock-caviar with scrambled eggs, followed by a roast, with mange-tout. 1987 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Nov. 310 (advt.) Mange Tout peas are at their crispest uncooked as a salad. < as lemmas |
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