单词 | alec |
释义 | alecn. Chiefly historical. A herring. Also: a pickle or sauce made from small herrings or anchovies, used by the ancient Romans. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > relish > [noun] > fish paste alec?1527 caviar1591 bottarga1598 anchovy butter1806 paste1817 tamarind-fish1858 beluga1883 taramosalata1910 fish paste1920 sevruga1959 surimi1973 ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes iii. iii. sig. qiv Alec the heringe is a Fisshe of the see..whan he is fresshe taken he is very delicious to be eten. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xvii. 246 A certain manger or broth made of their liuers, like to that dripping or grauie called Alec, that commeth of Fishes when they pine and corrupt. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 71 Alec, like garum, was at once the name of a fish and of a sauce made from it. 1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 29 Anchovy..is the foundation of the celebrated sauces of classical times—garum and alec. 1906 A. Porteous Town Council Seals Scotl. 153 He [sc. Pliny] also tells us that in course of time this alec became a great object of luxury. 1997 S. F. Laichena tr. E. Lück & M. Jager Antimicrobial Food Additives II. vi. 62 Muria, garum, liquamen and alec (or alex) were all preparations..employed to flavor and preserve foods of various kinds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。