单词 | barbecue |
释义 | barbecuen. 1. A rude wooden framework, used in America for sleeping on, and for supporting above a fire meat that is to be smoked or dried. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > other types of bed childbed1568 plank bed1584 table bed1633 earth-bed1637 pigeon-hole bed1685 box-bed1693 barbecue1697 plaid bedc1710 bed of state1713 pallet1839 high post1842 rocker1854 wire bed1882 lit bateau1895 string cot1895 sleigh bed1902 orthopaedic bed1943 high-low bed1956 futon1959 bateau lit1983 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > barbecue > for smoking or drying barbecue1879 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ii. 20 And lay there all night, upon our Barbecu's, or frames of Sticks, raised about 3 foot from the Ground. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 86 His Couch or Barbecu of sticks. 1879 J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana xiv. 155 For preservation, a barbecue is erected, and the fish are smoked over a fire. 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana ii. 47 Fires, above which were babracots loaded with beef. 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana xi. 248 A babracot is a stage of green sticks built over a fire on which the meat is laid. 2. An iron frame for broiling very large joints. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > barbecue barbecue1736 1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 347 When the belly side is..steady upon the gridiron or barbecue, pour into the belly of the hog, etc. 3. A hog, ox, or other animal broiled or roasted whole; see also quot. 1861, and barbecue v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > roasted meat > animal roasted whole barbecue1764 1764 S. Foote Patron i. 6 I am invited to dinner on a barbicu. 1825 Schuylkill Fishing Co. in Bibliographer Dec. (1881) 25/1 A fine barbacue with spiced sauce. 1861 E. B. Tylor Anahuac iv. 95 A kid that had been cooked in a hole in the ground, with embers upon it... This is called a ‘barbacoa’—a barbecue. 4. a. A large social entertainment, usually in the open air, at which animals are roasted whole, and other provisions liberally supplied. Also attributive. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [noun] > barbecue barbecue1733 poke-out1874 wiener roast1907 cook-up1911 bar-b-q1926 BBQ1938 braaivleis1939 cookout1941 churrasco1949 braai1959 barbie1976 1733 B. Lynde Diary 31 Aug. in B. Lynde & B. Lynde Diaries (1880) 138 Fair and hot; Browne, Barbacue; hack overset. 1769 G. Washington Diaries I. 326 Went up to Alexandria to a Barbecue and stayed all Night. 1773 G. Washington Diaries 124 Went to a Barbicue of my own giving at Accatinck. 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. (1900) 242 I was invited this morning by Captain Fibbs to a Barbecue:..instead of Fish the Dinner is roasted Pig, with the proper appendages, but the Diversion & exercise are the same at both. 1815 Salem (Mass.) Gaz. 30 June 3/2 An elegant Barbacue Dinner. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) iv. ix. 239 They were engaged in a great ‘barbecue,’ a kind of festivity or carouse much practised in Merryland. 1881 H. W. Pierson In Brush 90 On any occasion when the barbecue feast was to be the agreeable conclusion. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 27 Oct. 2/3 At the Brooklyn barbecue, which Governor Cleveland recently attended, 5000 kegs of beer were dispensed. 1935 Words Mar. 6/2 Today the American countryside is heavily sprinkled with barbecue stands. 1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy 302 They are down in Florida running a barbecue stand. 1957 Daily Mail 5 Sept. 11/5 Anywhere they [sc. Americans] can find a clearing with a barbecue-pit set up, they bring out masses of steaks..and the bag of charcoal to make the fire. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 41/3 (advt.) Lovely covered patio with built-in barbecue. 1968 Peace News 21 June 7/4 (advt.) London WC i. 7.30 p.m. 29 Great James Street. Summer Peace Party and Barbecue. b. A structure for cooking food over an open fire of wood or charcoal, usually out of doors, and frequently as part of a party or other social entertainment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] range1423 buccan1611 fire-range1668 stew-stove1727 screw-range1772 stew-hole1780 cooking stove1796 range stove1803 cooking range1805 cookstove1820 kitchener1829 gas range1853 cooker1860 gas cooker1873 Soyer's stove1878 hay-box1885 blazer1889 machine oven1890 paraffin stove1891 primus1893 electric cooker1894 electric range1894 Yukon stove1898 fireless cooker1904 picnic stove1910 pressure stove1914 Tommy cooker1915 rangette1922 Aga1931 barbecue1931 Rayburn1947 sigri1949 jiko1973 1931 Sunset June 10 (heading) How to build a barbecue. 1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom vii. 88 Her husband..had been the best barbecue-builder of Banana Bottom. 1965 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 9 Oct. 17/9 To make a flowerpot barbecue get a clay flowerpot... When all the charcoal is red start cooking. 1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 Aug. 8/2 We all know the taste of corn roasted on the barbecue. 1980 Daily Tel. 26 June 3/1 A 10 ft high 8 ft wide barbecue with two chimneys..in the garden..has got to be pulled down. 1986 Pract. Householder July 15/1 The delicious aroma drifting across a neighbour's fence of food cooking over charcoal is enough to make anyone yearn for a barbecue of their own. 5. An open floor on which coffee-beans, etc. may be spread out to dry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [noun] > surface for drying barbecue1855 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xix The barbecu or terrace of white plaster, which ran all round the front. 1883 Cassell's Mag. Aug. 528/1 The [coffee-]beans..are carried to the ‘barbacue,’ an open space paved with cement or asphalte, where they are spread on matting..to dry. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 235 A barbecue is the name given, in Jamaica, to the house which contains the threshing-floor and apparatus for drying the coffee. Draft additions June 2015 barbecue stopper n. Australian a compelling or controversial topic, esp. one liable to generate intense debate at a social gathering; cf. conversation stopper n. at conversation n. Compounds. ΚΠ 2001 Sydney Morning Herald 27 Oct. 29 He [sc. Prime Minister John Howard] will talk about improving the balance between work and family, a topic he describes as a ‘barbecue stopper’. 2007 Sun Herald (Sydney) 11 Mar. 63 Controlled crying is a guaranteed barbecue stopper among Australian parents, more divisive than the old breast-versus-bottle feeding debate. 2011 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) 17 July (U on Sunday section) 2 The environment has always been a pretty hot topic, and recent events have catapulted it to the status of ultimate barbecue stopper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). barbecuev. 1. To dry or cure (flesh, etc.) by exposure upon a barbecue; see the noun (senses 1 and 5). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] > dry > specific on a barbecue barbecue1661 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 76 Some are slain, And their flesh forthwith Barbacu'd and eat. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 408 They cut them [pompions] into..slices, which they barbacue, or dry with a slow heat. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. xv. 391 They use little or no salt, but barbacue their game and fish in the smoke. 1840 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 291 Loaded with barbacued meat. 2. To broil or roast (an animal) whole; e.g. to split a hog to the backbone, fill the belly with wine and stuffing, and cook it on a huge gridiron, basting with wine. Sometimes, to cook (a joint) with the same accessories. See also barbecue n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > roast > barbecue barbecuea1689 buccan1827 buccaneer1828 a1689 A. Behn Widdow Ranter (1690) ii. iv. 25 Let's Barbicu this Fat Rogue. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. vi. 43/2 When they came to see..the Bodies of so many of their Countrymen terribly Barbikew'd. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iv. 100 To barbicue a Leg of Pork. 1823 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 288 Barbecue your whole hogs to your palate. 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 82 We killed and barbecued a beef. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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