单词 | olive oil |
释义 | olive oiln.int. A. n. A pale yellow or greenish-yellow oil extracted from olive pulp, which has a mild flavour and is used esp. in cookery and medicine.Formerly called oil of olives (see oil of olives n. at olive n.1 2b), oil olive (see oil olive n.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > olive oil elec950 oil1221 oil d'olive1381 oil of olives1381 oil olivec1425 Seville oil1436 salad oil1559 olive oil1566 sweet oil1581 virgin's oil1611 Minorca oil1612 virgin oil1699 Lucca oil1725 Gallipoli oil1839 virgin salad oil1839 Florence-oil1858 extra-virgin1981 EVOO1993 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > olive oil oil1221 oil d'olive1381 oil of olives1381 oil olivec1425 olive oil1566 sweet oil1581 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [adjective] > specific plant-derived oils palmic acid1838 ricinelaidic acid1856 benic1863 olive oil1895 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall iv It is behouable to knowe, of sauce a double kynde, The one, of simple olyue oyle [L. e dulci olivo], as we in arte do fynde. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Fish Red Fish, is some fresh Fish, broil'd on the Grid-iron, then fried in Oil of Olives, and barrel'd up with some proper Liquor; as new Olive Oil, Vinegar, Salt, Pepper, Cloves, and Laurel Leaves, or other Herbs. 1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 65 Secondly, a more subtile Oil, resembling the Oleum Philosophorum, which is Olive Oil distilled from Brick-dust. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 207 His remedy, which was nothing more than olive-oil. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 386 The most important articles which our country receives from Italy are, Unmanufactured Silk, and Olive-Oil. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 206 Olive oil is largely used..in dressing woollen goods, and for machinery. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 109/2 A pure, natural color olive oil soap made of the finest selected oil imported for this purpose. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 774/2 California olive oil output is normally less than 1% that of Spain. 1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird ii. 10 They have..vineyards and..three olive-oil factories. 1994 Healthwatch Mag. Summer 57/1 Heat olive oil over low heat in a lidded, nonstick skillet or wide, nonstick saucepan and add minced vegetables. 2002 N.Y. Mag. 25 Mar. 114/3 The same quality extra-virgin olive oil that's a staple in the kitchens of Daniel and Bouley Bakery. B. int. colloquial. A humorous mispronunciation of au revoir. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > expressions of leave-taking > for temporary absence I'll see youa1569 au revoir1694 hasta la vista1835 olive oil1880 tot siens1937 T.T.F.N.1948 see you later, alligator1954 1880 Notes & Queries 4 Sept. 195/1 A similar affectation, now much in vogue amongst our gommeux, is the rendering of au revoir by ‘olive oil’. 1896 Inlander Jan. 153 The low comedian's rendering of au revoir, by ‘over the river’ or ‘olive oil’. 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 187/2 Olive oil (Music Hall, 1884). English pronunciation of au revoir. 1922 Dial. Notes 5 138 The jocular mispronunciation in a folk-etymologizing way of words and phrases from the French, as..for au revoir ‘olive oil’, ‘o revolver’, ‘o reservoir’, ‘o river’. 1933 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday iii. iii. 206 For ‘good-bye’, the boys at Dulwich already in 1906 used..olive oil (au revoir). 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 364/2 Olive oil, good-bye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1566 |
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