chowchow

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Chinese preserve. countable,uncountable
  2. An American relish, containing pickled green tomatoes, cabbage, and often other vegetables. countable,uncountable
  3. A fruit ketchup countable,uncountable
  4. Gossip. countable,obsolete,slang,uncountable
  5. Alternative form of Chow Chow (“type of dog”). alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
  6. A miscellaneous assortment of anything. countable,uncountable
    — The drawer was crammed with a chowchow of bills, most of them yellow and cracking with age, letters still shoved into embossed envelopes which bore illegible handwritten franks instead of postage marks or stamps, and little wads of notes issued by banks long collapsed.
动词 v.
  1. To gossip. obsolete,slang
    — […] some ten or twelve fellows were chow chowing and drinking, playing at the Chinese game with their fingers, shouting and yelling like demons.
形容词 adj.
  1. Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed. not-comparable,obsolete,slang
    — chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together)

词形变化

chowchows plural chow-chow alternative chow chow alternative chowchows present,singular,third-person chowchowing participle,present chowchowed participle,past chowchowed past chow-chow alternative chow chow alternative chow-chow alternative chow chow alternative

词汇关系

近义词
India relish piccalilli

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow (“food”). Compare Macanese chau-cháu.
词源 2
Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow (“food”). Compare Macanese chau-cháu.
词源 3
Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow (“food”). Compare Macanese chau-cháu.
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