| 单词 | rocky mountain oyster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRocky Mountain oyster Rocky Mountain oyster n. originally and chiefly U.S. (in plural) the testicles of a lamb, calf, or other animal, cooked and eaten as a delicacy; = mountain oyster n. at mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > lamb > cuts or parts lamb-stones1615 target1756 lamb's fry1822 lamb-chopc1838 Rocky Mountain oyster1889 lap1922 1889 J. Whitehead Steward's Handbk. iv. 420/2 Rocky Mountain oysters, Lambs' fries. 1940 C. L. Brown et al. Amer. Cooks 71 (heading) Fried lamb's fries, or Rocky Mountain oysters. 1995 Ottawa Sun 22 Feb. c16 The Rocky Mountain Oysters are bite size and in my humble opinion, the best beef that can be eaten. 2007 W. Scheib & A. Friedman White House Chef 188 Rocky Mountain oysters is a polite name for bull's testicles, and I wasn't really interested. But our host insisted. < as lemmas |
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