单词 | after-mess |
释义 | > as lemmasafter-mess after-mess n. Brit. /ˈɑːftəmɛs/ , /ˈaftəmɛs/ , U.S. /ˈæftərˌmɛs/ †(a) a second or extra course, a dessert; also in figurative context (obsolete); (b) Navy a mess (mess n.1 5b) situated in the rear of a ship.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > course > [noun] > course after main after-mess1489 banquet1523 after-course1580 fruit1587 dessert1600 sweet1832 confectionery1847 afters1909 pudding1934 follows1946 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xvi. 457 Yai had a felloun efter mes [1487 St. John's Cambr. entremas]. 1658 R. Farmer Imposter Dethron'd 54 I wish his after-mess may do him more good, than the Pudding it self did Erbury. 1865 Colburn's United Service Mag. Apr. 533 These [ships] place all the boys together in the after messes on one side. 1992 D. McCullough Truman x. 549 Truman and Byrnes had decided to have lunch with some of the crew below deck in the after mess. < as lemmas |
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