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单词 porterhouse
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Definition of porterhouse in English:

porterhouse

noun ˈpɔːtəhaʊsˈpɔrdərˌhaʊs
North American historical
  • An establishment at which porter and sometimes steaks were served.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A five story brick building at the corner Mercer and Prince Street was typical, with a porterhouse in its storefront and an expensive brothel upstairs.
    • Around 1814, this steak was served at a New York porterhouse and soon achieved national popularity.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from porter1 (sense 2) + house.

Rhymes

slaughterhouse, Waterhouse
 
 

Definition of porterhouse in US English:

porterhouse

nounˈpôrdərˌhousˈpɔrdərˌhaʊs
  • 1

    short for porterhouse steak
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's the bite of potato you have in between bites of rare porterhouse.
    • Lamb porterhouse is not as exciting as the terrine appetizer, but the succulent skate, bejeweled with Jerusalem artichokes and in an asparagus crust, is a stunner with a nuttiness as addictive as that of warmed cashews.
    • Huge fat center cut veal and pork chops, perfectly marbled Flintstone-sized New York steaks, porterhouses, rib eyes.
    • Three ounces of porterhouse or T-bone (trimmed of all fat around the outside of the steak), for example, dispatches five or six grams of saturated fat to your coronary arteries.
    • Dry-aged, mesquite-grilled, topped with flavored butter: rib eye, porterhouse, or New York strip - a juicy steak is a timeless pleasure.
    • Tuscan steak is a porterhouse which can serve four people.
    • He waited respectfully as I studied the menu, then said, ‘Make it easy on yourself, babe, the porterhouse is always good.’
    • If you feel like spending a lot of money order the very good porterhouse or the rib eye, which is cut in generously thick slices for two.
    • That isn't true of the suckling pig, which was dry and chewy (although there's a delicious pressed pork sandwich served at lunch), or the porterhouse, which my friend the steak nut pronounced ‘a little on the wee side.’
    • For more than a generation it served up sumptuous T-bones, porterhouse and rumps to an ever-hungry clientele.
    • Ok, use a mallet on the porterhouse, not too hard just enough to spread him out a bit, cut in half.
    • In the modern American diet, and especially in bodybuilding circles, leaner cuts, such as porterhouse, filet mignon and T-bones, are more popular.
    • It gives entirely of itself through sirloin, ribs, rump, porterhouse and beef stew.
    • Even the porterhouse is terrific, and fairly priced, too.
    • The tender steaks are rib, rib-eye, T-bone, porterhouse, tenderloin, sirloin and strip loin.
    • On an early visit, I plunked down $37.50 for the privilege of chawing my way through four reasonably tasty slices of porterhouse, which is several dollars more than you'll pay for a superior piece of beef at Sparks down the street.
    • I can personally attest to the porterhouse being excellent.
    • Eric recommends choosing a ‘secondary’ cut like scotch, porterhouse or rump - something with a bit of marbling in it - for tenderness and flavour.
    • Saturday's porterhouse is delicious, and Sunday's roast chicken is equally excellent - so why is the regular menu's salt-rubbed sirloin tough, dry, and inferior?
    • And each thick, juicy, aged steak - whether porterhouse, filet, or sirloin - suffers from being identically underseasoned.
    1. 1.1North American historical An establishment at which porter and sometimes steaks were served.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A five story brick building at the corner Mercer and Prince Street was typical, with a porterhouse in its storefront and an expensive brothel upstairs.
      • Around 1814, this steak was served at a New York porterhouse and soon achieved national popularity.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from porter (sense 2)+ house.

 
 
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