单词 | caviar |
释义 | caviar From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Food, dishcaviarcav‧i‧ar, caviare /ˈkæviɑː $ -ɑːr/ noun [uncountable]DFFthe preserved eggs of various large fish, eaten as a special very expensive food caviare and champagneExamples from the Corpuscaviar• They were like caviar in close-up, in a web.• His bedside snack caviar dish - a functional item at two to three hundred.• You can shave truffles on these eggs or spoon caviar on them.• Shooting sometimes lasted twenty hours at a time as the extras were treated to squab, caviar and champagne.• Gold watches, caviar, champagne and beautiful women - all these became associated with Zahedis munificence.• It was stocked with caviar and a microwave.Origin caviar (1500-1600) Early Italian caviari, from Turkish havyar, from Medieval Greek kabiari |
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