“belly、timber”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

belly-timber

释义

ˈbelly-ˌtimber Obs. exc. dial.
[f. belly n. + timber.]
Food, provisions. (Formerly in serious use, as still in dialects (cf. timber); but since the time of Butler tending to be ludicrous.)
1607Mis. Enforced Marr. iii. in Hazl. Dodsl. IX. 519 We had some belly timber at your table.1625Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1643 They make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.1663Butler Hud. i. i. 331 Belly-Timber above Ground Or under was not to be found.1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 63/2 Here is no solid belly-timber in this country. [1820Scott Monast. (1830) I. 222 The ample provision they have made for their own belly-timber.]1855Whitby Gloss., Belly-timber, food.

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