| 单词 | maître dhôtel | 
| 释义 | maître d'hôteln. 1.  A major-domo, a steward, a butler. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > 			[noun]		 > head servant or house steward stewardc1000 spencea1300 spender1340 spencerc1380 maître d'hôtel1540 major-domo1589 dapifer1636 khansama1645 sirkar1772 maître d'1942 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > 			[noun]		 > server of food > in inn or restaurant > head waiter head waiter1714 maître d'hôtel1850 maître1899 1540    in  H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. 		(1846)	 3rd Ser. III. 252  				Tannagel, the maistre d'hostell with vij persons. 1695    Earl of Perth Lett. 		(1845)	 64  				A marquise who is his maître d'hôtelle. 1705    J. Addison Remarks Italy 488  				His chief Lay-Officer is the Grand Maître d'Hôtel or High Steward of the Houshold. 1770    Ann. Reg. 1769 104  				His royal highness gave to the maitre de hotel who was charged with it [sc. a present] a gold snuff-box. 1850    W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxvii. 354  				Frederic Lightfoot, formerly maître d'hôtel in the service of Sir Francis Clavering. 1911    S. Weyman In Kings' Byways 		(1926)	 247  				At the foot of the staircase my maître d'hôtel met me. 1936    ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed viii. 255  				She had sent both the chef and the maître d'hôtel off on a holiday. 1956    O. Welles Mr. Arkadin  ii. vii. 159  				He had..slunk off with the dough when things got too hot, like a maître d'hotel who takes advantage of a fire to remove the silver. 1985    B. Baekeland in  N. Robins  & S. M. L. Aronson Savage Grace  ii. v. 191  				At six, I remember, I was reading in a hammock and my maitre d'hôtel was in his shorts watering the garden. 2008    A. Gordon-Reid Hemingses of Monticello xxii. 468  				Petit was in overall charge of the running of the household, doing the grocery shopping, preparing the desserts, which Jefferson said was absolutely required of his maître d'hôtel.  2.  A hotel manager; (now usually) the manager of a hotel dining room, a head waiter. ΚΠ 1841    W. M. Thackeray Memorials Gormandising in  Fraser's Mag. June 713/1  				A venerable maître d'hôtel in black cutting up neatly the dishes. 1863    Miss Jemima's Swiss Jrnl. 		(1963)	 iii. 77  				The monument..we must see, even if we..incur cross looks from the maître-d'hôtel. 1891    R. H. Savage My Official Wife iv. 43  				The attentive maître d'hôtel flew past us and threw open the door of a splendid apartment. 1907    E. Glyn Three Weeks i. 17  				Her red wine the maître d'hôtel poured into her glass himself. 1923    M. Arlen These Charming People 85  				The agreeable and polished M. Risotto, prince of maitre d'hôtels, chanced by our table. 1959    T. S. Eliot Elder Statesman  i. 9  				The maître d'hôtel And the waiters all seem to be your intimate friends. 1973    D. Miller Chinese Jade Affair xvii. 157  				The ‘canard aux navets’ was brought to the table by the Maître d'Hotel himself. 1989    D. Okrent  & S. Wulf Baseball Anecd. iv. 228  				A former maitre d'hotel of a swank Palm Springs nightclub. 2009    Remarkable Service 		(Culinary Instit. Amer.)	 iii. 51  				Today's maître d'hôtel is responsible for the overall management of the dining room. Compounds  maître d'hôtel butter  n. seasoned butter with fresh parsley and lemon juice, usually served with grilled foods. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > 			[noun]		 > types of butter May-butter?a1425 clarified butter1562 pot-butter1616 manteca1622 grass butter1648 green butter1654 drawn butter1661 cacao butter1662 ghee1665 rowen1673 ruskin1679 orange butter1696 whey-buttera1722 rowen butter1725 fairy butter1747 grease1788 Cambridge butter1830 stubble-butter1856 black jack1858 maître d'hôtel butter1861 Normandy butter1868 creamery butter1881 pound butter1888 renovated butter1888 samn1888 process butter1898 pool butter1940 garlic butter1942 yak butter1962 Normandy1973 cannabutter1994 1861    I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. x. 223  				Maitre D'Hotel Butter, for putting into Broiled Fish just before it is sent to Table. Maitre d'Hotel Sauce (Hot), to serve with Calf's Head, Boiled Eels, and different Fish. 1951    Good Housek. Home Encycl. 543/2  				Simply prepared dishes garnished with maître d'hôtel butter. 1974    Times 6 Nov. 14/8  				My salmon steak with maître d'hotel butter was good. 1983    Great Brit. Potato Recipes 		(Potato Marketing Board)	 218/1  				Filled Baked Potatoes... The Royal—Roll of smoked salmon garnished with a twist of lemon and maître de hôtel butter. 2004    T. Keller Compl. Keller 207  				Place a round of maître d'hotel butter on top of each steak and return to the oven just until the butter begins to melt.   maître d'hôtel sauce  n.				 [after French (sauce) à la maître d'hôtel (1803)]			 a white sauce based on seasoned butter, fresh parsley, and lemon juice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > 			[noun]		 > butter sauces burneux1430 brown butter1653 butter1654 butter saucea1665 melted butter1807 poulette1813 black butter1824 rum butter1824 Montpellier butter1830 maître d'hôtel sauce1845 beurre noir1855 beurréa1865 sugar-butter sauce1901 brandy-butter1939 1845    E. Acton Mod. Cookery iv. 128  				French Maitre d'Hotel, or Steward's Sauce. Add to half a pint of rich, pale veal gravy,..salt, minced parsley, and lemon-juice. 1889    J. Whitehead Steward's Handbk. 441/2  				Skate boiled and served with hot maitre d'hotel sauce. 1900    Boston Cooking-school Mag. Apr. 291/1  				Spread over the fish a partly-melted maïtre-d'hôtel sauce. 1937    R. Thompson  & L. Hanges Eating around San Francisco 180  				Pour maitre d'hotel sauce on top and garnish with parsley in branches and halves of lemon. 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