cornpone

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɔnpəʊn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs. Appalachia,US,countable,uncountable
    — The Harvard man went back into the kitchen and sat down at a rickety table covered with a red-checked oil-cloth. On it were spread the spoiled ham, a dish of poke salad, a corn pone, and a pot of weak coffee.
  2. Something or someone considered stereotypical of rural, Southern US attitudes or attributes. countable,derogatory,uncountable
    — Her southern accent was rich as molasses, and she really did, without affectation, call everyone ‘y'all’, but the cornpone was camouflage. A tough, clever mind was evident in her penetrating gaze […]

词形变化

cornpones plural corn pone alternative corn-pone alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English corn
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó
Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der.
Proto-Italic *sinō
Proto-Italic *pozinō
Old Latin *poznō
Latin ponēder.
Anglo-Norman ponebor.
Middle English pone
English pone
English cornpone
From corn + pone.
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