| 释义 |
‖ poulet|pulɛ|
[Fr., a chicken, pullet, also a love-letter, sometimes folded in the form of a wing.]
1. A love-letter, a (neatly-folded) note.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxiv, He..sate down to pen a poulet..to Mademoiselle Aménaide. 1894S. Weyman Man in Black ix, Even the Commissioners..found their doors beset at dawn with delicate ‘poulets’, or urgent, importunate applications.
2. A chicken or a chicken dish, esp. in French Gastronomy.
The spelling in quot. 1840 represents a jocular anglicization.
1840Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 213 Eating, for my share,..a pully bashymall, and other French dishes. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxi. 474 Poulet aux cressons... A fowl, a large bunch of water-cresses, 3 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, 1/4 pint of gravy. 1894G. du Maurier Trilby II. v. 111 A delightful little Franco-Italian pothouse near Leicester Square, where they had..a poulet rôti, which is such a different affair from a roast fowl! 1900C. M. Yonge Modern Broods xiii. 120 Here are eggs, and some milk..four poulets, such as they are. 1933D. C. Peel Life's Enchanted Cup viii. 87 She made a delicious Poulet Marengo with a suspicion of garlic in it. 1957P. Wildeblood Main Chance 53 The pressure cooker burst... It suddenly went off bang and threw bits of poulet en cocotte all over the place like confetti. 1978Chicago June 218/2 Poulet Provençal ($6.50) comes with pearl onions, fresh mushrooms, olives, tomato purée. |