| 单词 | the yards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Yards c. the Yards, the stockyards where cattle are collected for slaughter, esp. in Chicago. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > abattoir slaughterhousec1374 slaughter-yard1688 abattoir1809 the Yards1865 saladero1870 freezing works1889 chicken factory1893 1865 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 83/2 The average weekly expenditure by butchers at the New York yards during the year 1863 was $328,865. 1906 U. Sinclair Jungle xv. 170 Already the yards were full of activity. 1935 A. G. Macdonell Visit to Amer. vii. 114 As in Chicago, the pride of Omaha is the Stock-yards... I was looking straight down into the Yards. 1974 ‘M. Allen’ Super Tour ii. 57 I've been called all kinds of things ever since I was a kid back of the Yards. < as lemmas |
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