| 单词 | spring lamb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspring lamb spring lamb n. (a) a milk-fed lamb born in the late winter or early spring, typically being sold by the age of five months; (b) the meat of such a lamb used as food. ΚΠ 1777 J. Whitfeld Conjectures on Tyndaris of Horace 21 My simple hunger can appease, like Beet, or cooling Water-cress; Or a Spring-Lamb, when Lambs abound. 1846 Punch 22 Aug. 75/1 Thoughts of Michaelmas goose, of Christmas beef, of spring lamb. 1890 National Stockman & Farmer 1 Aug. 3/2 Spring lambs are selling for $2.25. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Apr. 15/5 Offerings..in the sheep pens consisted of a few lots of..native spring lambs. 1975 J. McCourt Mawrdew Czgowchwz (2002) i. 14 Racks of spring lamb were turning over Sherry's coals. 2009 Atlantic Monthly May 22/2 Lean spring lamb, naturally lower in fat than the big animals.., has less of the marbling that accounts for the ‘lamby’ flavor many people find objectionable. < as lemmas |
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