单词 | pot-liquor |
释义 | pot-liquorn.1 Now chiefly U.S. The water in which meat, vegetables, etc., have been boiled, often regarded as having health-giving properties; broth, stock (cf. liquor n. 4). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > stock or liquor brotha1000 browisa1300 decoction1398 browet1399 juicea1425 liquorc1430 brooc1440 breea1475 brewis1526 decoct1551 gammon essence1706 stock1730 pot-liquor1742 white stock1806 poêlée1824 blanc1845 fond1928 the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > stock or liquor > vegetable stock pot-liquor1888 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman July xvii. 101 Mix fine Pollard with fresh Pot-liquor. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. i. ix. 31 Together with her broth or pot-liquor, he contrived to slip something more substantial into Dorothy's pipkin. 1803 H. More Way to Plenty 56 The pot liquor made such a supply of broth for the sick poor. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvii. 272 Mrs. Bagnet..sitting with every dish before her; allotting to every portion of pork its own portion of pot-liquor, greens, potatoes, and even mustard. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Pot-liquor, the water in which vegetables have been boiled; sometimes called green-liquor, when cabbage or other green vegetables have been boiled in it. 1930 Sun (Baltimore) 17 May 1/3 Pot likker is the best way of preventing nearly all the diseases that we are heir to. 1963 New Statesman 12 July 37/3 Some honourable Americans succumbed to the tempting potlikker of the loyalty issue with all its hazy innuendoes. 2003 T. Morrison Love 66 I was resting by the sink and blowing on a cup of pot liquor before dipping my bread in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.11742 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。