单词 | watercressed |
释义 | watercressedadj. Containing or covered in watercress. Also: (of food) garnished with watercress. ΚΠ 1845 T. N. Talfourd Vacation Tourists I. 91 We walked on besides a little water-cressed stream. 1919 Improvem. Era Jan. 224 A muskrat plunged with as much noise as a horse into the calm surface of a water-cressed spring. 1979 J. Madson Out Home ii. 69 Bright, laughing streams..fed by watercressed springs from under towering walls. 2000 P. Golding Abomination 87 Serried ranks of cheese and cucumber, and watercressed egg, and mustardy ham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1845 |
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