| 单词 |
tartlet |
| 释义 |
tartlet|ˈtɑːtlɪt|
Forms: 5 tartlote, tartlett, tartelat, 8– tartlet.
[a. F. tartelette (14th c. in Littré), dim. of tarte, tart n.; in 18th c. perh. formed anew on tart n.]
1. A small tart.
c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 41 Tartlotes. Take porke sothun, and grynde hit wele... Kover hit with lyddes, and pynche hit fayre,..And bake hit forthe. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 521 Iusselle, tartlett, cabages, & nombles of vennure. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 789/6 Hec artocria, a tartelat. 1788V. Knox Winter Even. (1790) II. xxix. 194 The puffs and tartlets of the pastry-cook. 1836–9Dickens Sk. Boz, Mistaken Milliner, Plum-pudding and apple-pie and tartlets without number. 1837T. Hook Jack Brag xiv, Three raspberry tartlets. 1889Stevenson & Osbourne Wrong Box v. 79 He returned with a large bag of the choicest and most tempting of cakes and tartlets. 1965[see salpicon].
2. A young woman of immoral character, a young ‘tart’.
a1890in Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang (1890) II. 337/1 E'en tartlets are stale, be they ever so tasty—The magic has fled from their langourous looks. 1961Spectator 3 Mar. 304/3 Love for a tartlet in Florence. |
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