spotted dick

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England. countable,uncountable
    — These English aristos will eat spotted dick in August and demand strawberries in January. Why not give them what they want? Take their shekels, my son, praising Allah, is my philosophy.

词形变化

spotted dicks plural

词源

Spotted refers to the dried fruits (that resemble spots). Dick is a dialectal term for "pudding". It may be related to dough, duff (meaning "dough" or "pudding") and Old English dāg (“dough”). Alternatively, it may be a corruption/contraction of the last syllable of pudding, or from German dick (“thick, viscous”).
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