corned beef

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Smoke-cured and salted beef. countable,uncountable
  2. Beef conserved in tins (cans). countable,uncountable
    — Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.
  3. The chief officer of a prison. UK,countable,historical,slang,uncountable
    — Steve and I raced for the building and began climbing the wall, before any of the screws knew what was happening. […] The Corned Beef came out first and initiated the ploy to get us down.

词形变化

corned beefs plural corn beef alternative corn-beef alternative cornbeef alternative corned-beef alternative

词源

From corn (“to preserve (meat) in coarse corns of salt”, verb); (chief officer): rhyming slang for chief.
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