| 单词 | onion peel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasonion peel onion peel n. = onion skin n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > transparent paper serpent paper1797 onion peel1868 Japanese tissue1900 1868 E. Bulwer-Lytton New Poems 192 One of those daily scribblers,—fellows who live in garrets, pelting princely names with onion peel,—contrived to get hold of the story. 1898 Daily News 10 Nov. 6/4 It is not the ordinary foreign paper, nor the ‘onion peel’—so called from its transparency. 1946 H. J. Rose Anc. Greek Relig. i. vii. 142 She was handed two bits of onion-peel, but on reaching home, found that they were Turkish gold coins. 2002 Townsville Bull. (Nexis) 13 June (Good Life section) 23 Roses certainly seem to thrive when onion peels are dug in around them. < as lemmas |
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