释义 |
por·ridge \ˈpȯrij, ˈpär-, -rēj\ noun (-s) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by Middle English porray, a kind of pottage, from Middle French poree, from Medieval Latin porrata, from Latin porrum leek + Late Latin -ata -ade) of pottage 1. : a soup of meat and vegetables often thickened with barley or other cereal 2. : a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick < oatmeal porridge > < bean porridge > 3. : hodgepodge < contemporary playwrights … produce only the thinnest porridge when they turn to undramatic prose — John Mason Brown > |