| 单词 |
sucking-pig |
| 释义 |
ˈsucking-pig A new-born or very young pig; a young milk-fed pig suitable for roasting whole. (Formerly often called roasting pig.)
1566Withals Dict. 17 Yonge suckyng pigges, porci delici. 1606Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 166 For one souckinge pigge, ijs viijd. 1632Massinger City Madam ii. i, There were three sucking pigs served up in a dish. c1746J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1862) p. xxxvii, I know no moor on um neaw, than a seawking-pig. 1834Marryat P. Simple (1863) 198 A roast sucking pig came on as a second course. 1846Youatt Pig (1847) 130 Those intended to be killed for ‘sucking-pigs’ should not be above four weeks old. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 73 ‘You like sucking-pig?’ he asked. ‘Not particularly.’ ‘Ah! you never ate them as they ought to be eaten!’ |

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