单词 | broiler |
释义 | broilern.1 1. a. One who or that which broils; spec. one who cooks by broiling; also said of a very hot day (cf. roaster n. 4, scorcher n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > broiler or griller broiler1671 griller1869 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > a very hot day broiler1818 roaster1874 scorcher1874 sizzler1901 1671 J. Webster Metallographia ii. 31 He was a great Broyler in Gebers Kitchin. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins II. v. 44 When the Broilers began to throw the Fish about. 1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. i. 25 Fine broiler again... We spent a pleasant day; drank..of milk and water.—Not more flies than in England. b. A gridiron or similar utensil used in broiling. Now U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > gridiron roasting-ironc1350 roast-iron1354 brandiron1381 gridiron1382 broiler1393 griddlea1425 branderc1450 grate-iron1577 chaplet1664 grill1685 grid1875 parrilla1964 parrillada1975 robata1975 charbroiler1982 1393 in Middle Eng. Dict. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A broiler, gril. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Broiler, one that excites broils; that which dresses by broiling. 1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp & Other Stories 64 Two minutes longer on the broiler would have made this steak fit to be eaten by a gentleman. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 182/2 Capt. Warren's Batchelor's Broiler, 10½ in. 2/9. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. (advt.) Easy dinners with non-drip cook top, smokeless broiler, and built-in aluminum griddle. 2. spec. A chicken for broiling. Now normally reared in close confinement in a broiler house. Also transferred and attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > chicken chicken1381 March chick1600 poulet1764 spring chicken1765 chicken meat1826 murgi1863 broiler1876 petit poussin1895 poussin1900 fryer1923 murgh1976 1876 3rd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1875–6 244 The cockerels should be sold for broilers when large enough. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Aug. 14/1 Of these [chicks] about seventy-five per cent. live and grow to be broilers. 1952 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. A broiler..is a young bird, weighing about 3 lb dead weight, which has been raised on a new system. It is plump and tender enough to grill or to fry in the traditional American manner. 1952 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. Broiler production has been flourishing in America for the past six years. 1959 Daily Tel. 5 Mar. 11/3 The continued spread of broiler houses, the buildings for rearing chickens. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 91/3 Five batches of broilers would go through the broiler-house in the life of one steer. 1966 New Statesman 25 Feb. 260/1 A state of affairs which seems to be treating these old people [in hospitals] as if they were broiler fowls. 1970 Times 14 Feb. 9/6 The individual birds live a natural life in wild conditions, very unlike those of a broiler house. 3. An American railway carriage fitted with a grill-room. U.S. ΚΠ 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). broilern.2 One who stirs up or engages in broils or quarrels. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > cause of quarrel > one who causes quarrels stickler1579 broil-maker1592 make-fray1598 broiler1657 1657 H. Hammond Some Profitable Direct. Priest & People 13 What doth he but turn broiler and boutefeu, make new libels against the Church. 1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana viii. 91 Due impression alike on the civil and the military broiler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11393n.21657 |
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