| 单词 | house-fed |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse-fed house-fed adj. that is fed in a house; (spec. of animals) fed indoors or in an enclosure, as opposed to grazing in a pasture, field, etc.; hence in extended use, of meat from such an animal, typically lamb (cf. house lamb n.). ΚΠ ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xv. 232 Vlysses..on those house-fed woo'rs, those wrongs of his, Will shortly wreake, with all their miseries. 1777 L. Carter Diary 26 Apr. (1965) II. 1101 Killed a lamb... It is the first house fed. 1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance Prologue p. v Here are rich soups,..sauce, sour krout... Here's turtle newly landed; lamb, house-fed. 1895 Daily News 20 Dec. 2/6 House-fed lambs and Berkshire pigs are here in abundance. 1983 J. Mokyr Why Ireland Starved (2006) vi. 164 By keeping ‘house-fed’ cattle, two or three acres planted with turnips or clover could feed three cows all year round rather than provide a meager summer pasture for a single cow. 2003 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 5 Dec. 2 Extra concentrate costs will call into question the profitability of house-fed stock. < as lemmas |
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