单词 | tenderloin |
释义 | tenderloin/ˈtɛndəlɔɪn /noun 1 [mass noun] The tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, etc., taken from under the short ribs in the hindquarters: grilled pork tenderloin...
1.1US The undercut of a sirloin.This is the fillet (also known as tenderloin, or undercut), a long muscle located underneath the bones of the sirloin....
2North American informal A district of a city where vice and corruption are prominent: every city has a tenderloin [as modifier]: the city’s tenderloin district...
Late 19th century: originally a term applied to a district of New York, seen as a ‘choice’ assignment by police because of the bribes offered to them to turn a blind eye |
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