| 单词 | blanket piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblanket piece blanket piece n. now historical a large strip or sheet of blubber stripped from beneath the skin of a whale; cf. sense A. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > other pieces of meat breastleta1571 butt piece1750 blanket-piece1851 subprimal1970 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > whale-blubber > layer of blanket-piece1851 blanket1885 1827 Nantucket Inquirer 11 Aug. The blubber..was peeled off immediately in large ‘blanket pieces’ or flakes, about 10 feet in length, two or three feet wide, and from 4 to 10 inches in thickness. 1913 W. N. Burns Year with Whaler xii. 140 The largest blanket pieces weighed perhaps ten tons. 2003 E. Mathews Ambassador to Penguins 269 Once hoisted aboard, the blanket pieces were cut and minced. < as lemmas |
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