单词 | asparagus |
释义 | asparagusn. A plant ( Asparagus officinalis, family Liliaceæ) cultivated for the sake of its vernal shoots, which form a well-known delicacy of the table. Botany. The genus which contains this among many other species. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > asparagus asparagusc1000 speragec1440 sparagus1543 sparage1565 sperage1647 sparrowgrass1652 esparagrass1711 grass1723 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > asparagus asparagusc1000 spergec1400 speragec1440 sparagus1543 sparage1565 garden sperage1577 sperage1647 sparrowgrass1652 α. β. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.iijv Asparagus..of the Poticaries sparagus, in Englishe Sperage, in Duche Spargen, in French Esperage.1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 19 Some reporte..that of Rammes hornes buried, or hidde in the grounde, is broughte forthe an Herbe, called Asparagus, in Englishe, Sperage.1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Des asperges, Sparage.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 27 There is a middle sort of these Sperages, not so ciuill and gentle as the Asparagi of the garden.1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 77 Quicker..than Sparages can be sodden.1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 300 Next Nesis stands with Sperage stored.a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 273 Sparages..Chop some of the Asparages among it. Cut..cheese..into a dish of..Butter, that hath served for Sparages.1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 190 Sperage which the Vulgar wrest to Sparograss or Sparrowgrass from Asparagus or Sparagus.γ. 1548Asparagus [see β. ]. 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 51 Sperage is called in Latin Asparagus.1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 955 Sperage is called..likewise Asparagus after the Latine name.a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iii. i. 15 The Gardens Where we traffick for Asparagus.1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden ii. ii. 136 Have you this Spring eaten any Asparagus yet?1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 270 Aromatick and balsamick, Saffron, Asparagus, Nutmeg.1855 W. White Walk to Land's End xi. 232 Around you grow the wild asparagus..and samphire.δ. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Asperges pierreus, Stone Sparage, wild Sparagus.1618 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Sat. 221 To gather sperage, or, as it is brokenly called from the Latin's, sparagus.1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden ii. ii. 137 I will have Sparagus every meale all the yeare long.1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxxvii. 235 [The Hop plant] comes up with severall sprouts like Sparrowgrass.1667 S. Pepys Diary 20 Apr. (1974) VIII. 173 Brought home with me from Fenchurch-street a hundred of sparrowgrass.1668 S. Pepys Diary 22 Apr. (1976) IX. 172 Over to the Spargus garden.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Asparagus, a Plant call'd Sparrow-grass by the Common People.1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 150. ⁋6 A Dish of Chickens and Sparagrass.1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. iii. 131 Sparrow-grass.1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sparagrass Sparagrass may be soon had.a1745 J. Swift Women who cry Apples in Wks. (1746) VIII. 190 Ripe 'Sparagrass, Fit for Lad or Lass.1785 W. Cowper Let. 20 Mar. (1981) II. 337 In May we shall have 'Sparagus.1801 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 154 Sparagrass (it ought to be spelt so) and artichokes, good with plain butter.a1845 T. Hood Town & Country iv Grass..That makes no hay—called sparrow-grass By folks of vulgar tongue!c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 188 Genim þysse wyrte wyrt-truman þe man sparagi agrestis..nemneð. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. iii. 37 Ther be sene also Sparagi, of no lesse notable bigguenesse. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. asparagus-bed n. slang also transferred (sometimes elliptical), an anti-tank obstacle. ΚΠ 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxv. 257 I remember..the Case of an Asparagus Bed. 1762 K. Fitzgerald in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 73 Apple-trees, planted in asparagus beds. 1939 War Illustr. 16 Dec. 426 Anti-tank ‘asparagus’, which consists of railway lines set in concrete at an angle of 45 degrees pointing towards the enemy lines and in some cases with high-explosive caps. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 12 Asparagus bed, a form of anti-tank obstacle, designed to slow up the A[rmoured] F[ighting] V[ehicle] while it comes under fire. b. asparagus bud n. ΚΠ 1618 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Sat. 77 Thy patrone's fish, Deck'd round with sperage~buds. asparagus-garden n. ΚΠ 1642 Declar. Lords & Com. 19 May 45 Hee should be with them that night at the Sparragus Garden at Supper. asparagus-tip n. ΚΠ 1932 H. Simpson Boomerang x. 264 I remember particularly asparagus-tips rolled up in brown-bread. 1965 J. Wainwright Death in Sleeping City i. 44 The appetising meal of braised cutlets, chipped potatoes and asparagus tips. asparagus-tongs n. ΚΠ 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. 142/1 The Asparagus tongs..an elegant appendage to the dinner-table. C2. asparagus-bean n. U.S. a tropical American bean ( Dolichos sesquipedalis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > other types of bean-plant horse-bean1684 Angola pea1756 pole bean1770 Congo pea1812 Canavalia1828 no-eye pea1837 overlook1837 bean-vine1838 asparagus-bean1856 sword-bean1875 jack bean1885 horse-gram1886 winged bean1910 tepary1912 adzuki1914 siratro1962 1856 F. S. Cozzens Sparrowgrass Papers vii. 85 The asparagus bean, a sort of long-winded esculent, inclined to be prolific in strings. asparagus-beetle n. a small beetle ( Crioceris asparagi) that feeds upon the foliage of the asparagus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Chrysomelidae > member of genus Crioceris asparagus-beetle1815 lily-beetle1854 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 158 The asparagus beetle and its larvæ feed upon the foliage after the heads branch out. asparagus pea n. the Goa bean. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > other types of bean white bean1542 penny bean?1550 black bean1569 garence1610 mung1611 calavance1620 red bean1658 lablab1670 Cajan1693 dal1698 bonavist1700 tick-bean1744 tick1765 toker1786 mash1801 Lima beana1818 stick bean1823 Canavalia1828 moth1840 cow-pea1846 Lima1856 asparagus pea1859 towcok1866 Java bean1868 wall1884 Rangoon bean1903 Madagascar bean1909 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > other beans bean1548 black bean1569 calavance1620 red bean1658 seven-year bean1666 lablab1670 Cajan1693 dal1698 adzuki1727 tick-bean1744 tick1765 toker1786 mash1801 Congo pea1812 stick bean1823 moog1840 moth1840 Lima1856 feijão1857 asparagus pea1859 mung1866 wall1884 Rangoon bean1903 1859 A. Van Buren Jottings Sojourn in South 155 The Asparagus Pea, with a small round pod that grows from a foot to three in length, makes a choice dish at table. 1958 Times 1 Feb. 9/6 An oddity among the peas is the so-called ‘asparagus pea’, which makes a spreading plant and produces flanged, rectangular pods. asparagus stone n. Mineralogy a yellowish-green variety of apatite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > phosphates > [noun] > phosphate of lime or apatite > varieties spargelstone1804 asparagus stone1816 francolite1843 fluorapatite1849 staffelite1868 collophanite1892 fermorite1910 steadite1911 hydroxyapatite1912 wilkeite1914 collophane1917 hydroxylapatite1927 1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 132 Asparagus stone..in consequence of its so frequently exhibiting an asparagus green color. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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