单词 | blue-moulded |
释义 | > as lemmasˈblue-moulded ˈblue-moulded adj. affected by or covered in blue mould; also figurative.With quot. 1864 cf. to be blue-moulding for. ΚΠ 1812 J. Dubourdieu Statist. Surv. Antrim 165 The grain..is bruised on the barn floor, and grows blue-moulded. 1864 C. O'Dowd Men & Women 7 The Austrians, as Paddy says, are blue-moulded for want of a beatin. 1876 Daily News 3 Nov. 5/5 If this [bad weather] continues there is a danger of us all getting blue-moulded. 1915 B. J. H. Austin Domest. Sci. III. 324 Roquefort..[is] a highly flavored, blue-molded cheese, made from the milk of ewes and cured in caves. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo ii. 53 He tried to clean up the kitchen, throwing the blue-moulded bread to the chickens at the door. < as lemmas |
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