banyan day

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship. UK,dated,idiomatic
    — This was a favourable circumstance in one respect to myself and the ship's company, for as Tuesday is a sumptuous day in point of allowance in the navy, beef and pudding being the prescribed fare for dinner, we by this accident feasted two days together; whereas had it occurred on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, two successive banyan (or starvation) days would have been our dismal portion.
  2. A picnic or cookout for the ship's crew. UK,idiomatic

词形变化

banyan days plural Banian day alternative banian day alternative

词源

According to the OED, the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies, a caste that ate nothing that had life.
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