单词 | bacalao |
释义 | bacalao /bah'keuh low", bak'euh-/; Sp. /bah'kah lah"aw/, n. , pl. bacalaos /-lowz"/; Sp. /-lah"aws/. Spanish or Spanish-American Cookery. 1. codfish, esp. when dried and salted. 2. a dish of this, cooked with a tomato sauce, olives, garlic, etc. [1545-55; < Sp bacal(l)ao, prob. < Basque bakailao, perh., by metathesis, < Gascon, the presumed source of OF cabellau, cabillau (F cabillaud) fresh codfish, equiv. to Gascon cabilh, cabelh (dim. of cap head; see CHIEF) + a suffix, alluding to the fish's prominent head; though ML (Flanders) cabellauwus, the earliest attestation of the form (cf. MD cab(b)eliau, D kabeljauw) suggests a non-Rom, N European origin] |
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