| 单词 |
rosbif |
| 释义 |
‖ rosbif|rɔzbif|
[Fr., repr. roast beef.]
a. In Gastronomy, beef (and occas. other types of meat) roasted in the English manner. Also Comb. and transf.
1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xi. 120 Our true love for the ros-bif of old England. 1877E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 7 In the most popular cookery books of France..roast mutton and lamb are designated Rosbif de Mouton, and Rosbif d'agneau. 1897A. Beardsley Let. 15 Apr. (1970) 303 She..has been lecturing me about diet. Hot water and rosbif make up her programme. 1923Joyce Let. 12 July (1966) III. 78 My complexion is now cinnabar and rosbif a l'anglaise. 1972Country Life 20 Jan. 159/1 The Frenchman, if given the opportunity, prefers le rosbif anglais. 1972J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic i. 19 How about a nice grilled steak—chicken—rosbif?
b. A French pejorative term for an Englishman. rare.
1858Thackeray Virgin. (1859) II. iii. 23 Only my white cockade and coat had saved me from the fate which the other canaille of Rosbifs had deservedly met with. |
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