mystery meat

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any processed meat product whose animal source is not readily identifiable. countable,derogatory,informal,uncountable
    — It was strange how this kind of shaved, basically overcooked mystery meat, which he guessed really was, probably, beef, could be tastier, under the right circumstances, than a really good steak.
  2. Any unidentified or mysterious biological material of animal origin. countable,uncountable
    — Glittering of “mystery meat”, glowing of freshly rotten woods, burning of sea, flash of fireflies, light emitted by glowworms and allied organisms during night or in dark had always been a point of great curiosity till the secret behind all these was unfolded by Robert Boyle in 1668.
  3. An asset of unknown origin. countable,uncountable
    — Search the footnotes with a flashlight, you wouldn’t find an explanation, let alone an appraisal, of $16 billion of this mystery meat. Concluding his analysis, Walmsley wrote: “If you deducted from equity these unidentified other assets […]”
  4. A person of unknown or undetermined racial or ethnic origin. countable,derogatory,ethnic,slang,slur
    — In Old America most families had some form of racial “mystery meat” lurking in their genealogical pantries, but few would admit it openly.

词形变化

mystery meats plural
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