单词 | plat du jour |
释义 | plat du journ. A dish specially prepared by a restaurant on a particular day, in addition to the usual menu; a dish of the day; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > speciality dish spécialité1836 specialty1855 plat du jour1890 spécialité de la maison1890 1890 Times 30 Jan. 9/1 The insatiable and indiscriminating appetite of his faithful followers vanishes at the sight of the inevitable plat du jour. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages vii. 100 They had just finished the usual plat du jour, the suspension of a couple of Labour mountebanks. 1953 P. G. Wodehouse Performing Flea 213 We formed up in a queue, each man with a porcelain bowl for the plat de jour and a plate or a tin or a cigar-box for the potatoes. 1960 Guardian 3 Feb. 8/7 On Thursday the plat du jour will be paella. 1979 Guardian 26 Feb. 10/6 The Poetry Society seems to have achieved some success... The main plat du jour was the announcement of the winner of its new £1,000 prize. 1993 Arctic Circle (Iqaluit, N.W. Territories) Winter 33/1 Reindeer is the plat du jour in many restaurants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890 |
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