| 单词 | meat-grinder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeat-grinder meat-grinder n. a machine for mincing meat; (in extended use) a destructive object, action, or process. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > mincer manglerc1840 mincing machine1850 mincer1858 ricer1889 meat-grinder1934 1934 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 44 330 To postulate that an economist, to be a scientific economist, must avoid any expression of opinion which is not an indicative and verified proposition, is to define an inanimate meat grinder into which non-economists toss facts and theories. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 166/2 As soon as the family forgets it had asparagus, those stalks will emerge and be run through the meat grinder. 1941 Life 27 Jan. 78/2 He is likely to own a car, which will be referred to as a tintype, meat grinder, puddlejumper, or an iron. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 128/1 That man..whose school training wins him the privilege of getting at once into the technological meat grinder. 1969 R. DeSola & D. DeSola Dict. Cooking 150/1 Meat grinder, utensil or attachment for grinding meat, usually provided with a variety of cutting blades for different grinds. 1970 W. S. Burroughs, Jr. Speed vii. 145 I'd be sucked right into the actual meatgrinder of another reel. 1986 D. A. Dye Platoon (1987) viii. 183 They were whole and on the way out of that fucking meat-grinder! < as lemmas |
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