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单词 quorn
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Quornn.1

Brit. /kwɔːn/, U.S. /kwɔrn/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Quorn.
Etymology: < Quorn, the former name of a village in Leicestershire (now Quorndon) where the dogs were kennelled from 1753 to 1904.
Usually with the. (The name of) a celebrated hunt that meets at Quorndon (formerly Quorn) and in the surrounding area of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Also more fully Quorn Hunt.The Hunt dates its foundation from 1696. Its dogs were kennelled at Quorn from 1753 to 1904.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > hunt > specific
Pytchley Hunt1766
Belvoir1788
Quorn1802
Pytchley1841
1802 in P. Beckford Thoughts upon Hunting (ed. 4) (verso title page) The celebrated ‘Quorn’ Hunting Scarf was first patented and introduced by Messrs. Turnbull & Asser.
1815 Sporting Mag. Apr. 41 The finale of the season in the Belvoir and Quorn hunts.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour lxiv. 362 Conversation..about the Quorn, or the Pytchely.
1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. iv. 74 It lay in the Melton country, and was equally well placed for Pytchley, Quorn, and Belvoir.
1904 A. E. W. Mason Truants ii. 16 He hunted with the Quorn that winter.
1966 J. Betjeman High & Low 23 The rumble of the railway drowned The thunder of the Quorn.
1971 Guardian 30 Sept. 16/8 Melton was frequented by many of the nobility and gentry who came for the Quorn hunting season.
1993 Guardian 30 Sept. i. 2/7 Leicestershire has six fox hunts, including the Quorn, and three hare hunts, with about 26,000 participants and 2,000 jobs involved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Quornn.2

Brit. /kwɔːn/, U.S. /kwɔrn/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Quorn.
Etymology: < Quorn, the proprietary name of a range of meat-free food products.The word Quorn was first registered as a trademark (for certain edible products other than meat substitutes) by the Quorn Specialities Company of Leicester, in 1914. The mark consists of the words ‘The Quorn’ in a figure showing a foxhound, an allusion to the Quorn Hunt (see Quorn n.1); Leicester is only a few miles from the village of Quorndon, from which the hunt took its name. The meat substitute was subsequently developed by the successors of this company.
A proprietary name for: a type of textured mycoprotein used as a meat substitute.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun] > vegetable protein
leaf protein1917
soy protein1918
soy1945
Incaparina1960
TVP1968
Quorn1986
1986 Toronto Star 8 Oct. e5/4 Quorn starts as microscopic mushrooms grown in factories. It is processed with food-quality carbohydrate grains using special fermentation techniques, then flavored, colored and packaged.
1989 New Product News 7 July 43/3 Crispy Chinese with Quorn and Spicy Indian with Quorn are healthy alternatives to meat.
2003 Express (Nexis) 24 Nov. 38 You can substitute any nonmeat protein - beans, lentils, wholegrains, tofu, quorn, quinoa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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