mutton
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈmʌt(ə)n/|[ˈmʌʔn̩]
美 /ˈmʌt(ə)n/|[ˈmʌʔn̩]
英文释义
名词 n.
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The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
— Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs.
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The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
— This prejudice against goat mutton is founded upon ignorance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling “billy” of the worst possible type is made the standard of goat flesh for the whole goat family.
- A sheep.
- Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
- A prostitute.
- An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.
形容词 adj.
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deaf.
— He's been a bit mutton in one ear for a long time; not due to my mother, but as a result of all the years spent working in a noisy car factory.
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衍生词
leg-of-mutton fist
leg-of-mutton sleeve
leg-o'-mutton sleeve
macon
mutton bird
mutton busting
muttonchop
mutton chop
mutton-chop whiskers
mutton dagger
mutton dash
mutton dressed as lamb
mutton dressed up as lamb
mutton fat
muttonfish
mutton fist
mutton-fisted
mutton flaps
muttongrass
mutton ham
muttonhead
muttonheaded
muttonhood
muttonish
muttonmonger
mutton quad
mutton shunter
mutton snapper
mutton-thumper
muttonwood
muttony
poor man of mutton
reestit mutton
shoulder-of-mutton sail
underground mutton
词源
词源 1
From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.
词源 2
From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.
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