单词 | over-roasted |
释义 | over-roastedadj. That has been roasted too much or for too long. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > roasting, roasted, or roastable > over-roasted over-roasteda1616 rotten-roasteda1627 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 161 Better..Then feede it with such ouer-rosted flesh. View more context for this quotation 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Youths Glory i. iii. ix, in Playes Written 139 When the Sun is scorching hot, the earth like overroasted meat, is burnt and black. 1767 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. viii, in tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) III. 290 Then over-roasted mearles appear, And ring-doves without rumps. 1778 S. Foote Cozeners ii. i. 36 We had a haunch of venison—the venison was over-roasted, and stunk. 1823 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 283 The crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted, crackling. 1875 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 359/2 My countenance became very much like an over-roasted leg of mutton. 1988 Crain's Chicago Business (Nexis) 25 Jan. 39 Lightly grilled boneless duck breast with dried cherry-port wine sauce is a modification of old-fashioned overroasted duck with cloying bing cherry sauce. 2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Oct. f1/2 Among his pet peeves, in addition to overroasted coffee, are big cups and additives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616 |
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