| 释义 |
smear-case U.S.
Also smearcase.
[ad. G. schmierkäse (Du. smeerkaas), f. schmieren to smear + käse cheese.]
(See quot. 1848.)
1829A. Royall Pennsylvania I. 471 A dish, common amongst the Germans,..is curds and cream. It is very palatable, and called by the Germans smearcase. 1848Bartlett Dict. Amer. 314 Smear-case, a preparation of milk made to be spread on bread, whence its name; otherwise called Cottage-cheese. 1893Atlantic Monthly Feb. 231/1 The man held a knife-load of smear-case in front of his mouth. 1934Sun (Baltimore) 21 July 4/7 Under the seat in the old wagon two jars of smearcase. 1978Amer. Speech LIII. 201 The ‘miscellaneous’ category includes..clabber cheese (but more commonly cottage cheese, Dutch cheese, smear⁓case). |