quarter-pounder

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
    — "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"
  2. A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
  3. A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
  4. A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
  5. A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
    — A half-pound fish is a very good one, and the quarter-pounders are good enough.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a weight of a 1/4 of a pound. not-comparable

词形变化

quarter-pounders plural quarter pounder alternative quarterpounder alternative quarter pounder alternative quarterpounder alternative

词源

词源 1
From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.
词源 2
From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.
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