roast beefn.

Brit.

/ˌrəʊs(t) ˈbiːf/, U.S.

/ˌroʊs(t) ˈbif/

Forms: see roast adj. and beef n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roast adj., beef n.

Etymology: < roast adj. + beef n. Compare earlier roasted beef (see quot. a1475 at roasted adj.). Compare also earlier roast meat n.In roast beef of old England after the song cited in quot. 1731. Compare rosbif n. and the French forms cited at that entry.

Beef cooked by roasting.Popularly associated with England from the early 18th cent. and often used as a symbol of Englishness, as in roast beef of old England (see quot. 1731). See also rosbif n.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > roasted meat

bredea1000

roasteda1398

roasta1400

Easter lambc1400

hasterya1475

roast meat1528

roast beef1564

rib roast1627

rôti1771

rosbif1822

Sunday joint1844

buccan1862

sauerbraten1889

crown roast1901

schooner on the rocks1916

porchetta1929

sour beef1935

siu mei1960

nyama choma1980

1564 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 279 The furste course: frometye, rost byffe, grene gese, weale.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. I2^v You haue made me looke like a leane rib of roast beefe.

1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 9 A calfe, a surloyne of roast biefe, a pigge.

1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty iv. i. 30/2 My Nose Smels the delicious odour of Roast-beef.

1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iv. 43 Yes, if you noint it presently with a good dish o' Jelly-broth, and Tent it with a bone o' Roast-beef.

1710 Tatler No. 148. ⁋10 I smelled the agreeable Savour of Roast Beef.

1731 H. Fielding Genuine Grub-St. Opera iii. iii. 50 Oh! The roast Beef of England, And old England's roast Beef.

1769 Exploits of Renowned Robin Hood 5 Now mustard & braun, roast beef, & plum-pies, Were set upon every table.

1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 6 Long may it, and Roast Beef, be the pride and glory of this happy island.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists v. 236 A hearty, plain-spoken man, loving his laugh, his friends, his glass, his roast-beef of Old England.

1911 E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara ii. 20 I've devoured rare porterhouse and roast beef day after day for weeks.

1971 Gourmet Feb. 6/1 Dawson's takes pride in their roast beef.

2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xlii. 322 The comfortable feeling of having ordered roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, with all the trimmings.

Phrases

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roast beef of old England man n. Obsolete a man who represents or embodies Englishness.

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1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 29 Mar. (1971) 507 Her husband is one of the thin dried old race of true hunter and shooter men and roast beef of old England-men.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as roast-beef sandwich, roast-beef stomach, roast-beef time, etc.

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1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 517. ¶2 He had lost his Roast-Beef Stomach, not being able to touch a Sirloin.

1806 Times 14 May 3/2 It reminded him of the very bad symptom in the case of Sir Roger de Coverly, when he lost his roast beef appetite.

1859 K. Cornwallis Two Journeys to Japan I. vii. 178 My late friend..was accidentally poisoned some years back, in the middle of a roast-beef dinner, through eating horse-radish.

1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iii His smart cob duly carried him to the White House within five minutes of roast-beef time.

1909 J. Joyce Let. 20 Dec. (1966) II. 277 I would like roast beef rice-soup, [etc.].

1971 D. Enefer Screaming Orchid xii. 103 I had stopped..for roast beef sandwiches and bitter beer.

2006 P. Davies Scatterlings of Afr. v. 31 Moses..deposited a hot plate with a roast beef joint in front of Peter's place at the head of the table.

C2.

roast beef coat n. †(a) a coat forming part of a naval uniform, or the uniform itself; cf. roast-beef dress n. (obsolete) (b) English regional (Lincolnshire) a person's best coat (rare).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of

regimentals1728

undress1748

regiments1759

regimental1764

dress uniform1774

kit1785

roast beef coat1802

butternut1810

frock-uniform1810

fatigue-dress1834

fatigue1836

fatigue-uniform1836

shirtsleeve order1854

grey1862

scarlet runnerc1864

square-rig1875

rig of the day1877

swagger-dress1901

trench coat1914

hospital blue1919

romper1922

suntan1937

battle-dress1938

army greens1945

mess kit1953

tiger suit1970

1802 W. Cathcart Let. 30 June in J. K. Laughton Naval Misc. (1902) I. 309 Pray have the goodness to have a roast beef coat made for me against my arrival, to the same measure as the last.

1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome ii. 117 His ship-washed linen out he laid, And roast beef coat in smart parade.

1830 M. Loudon First Love II. xxiv. 312 Habited, accordingly, in his full dress, or roast beef coat.

1867 Once a Week 2 Dec. 2/2 ‘I'll wager..I'm the first at the Market-cross in the morning.’ ‘In thy roast-beef coat.’

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 247/1 Roast-beef-coat, one's very best coat (or only non-working-clothes coat).

† roast-beef dress n. Obsolete rare a type of naval uniform.

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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Roast-Beef Dress, full uniform; probably from its resemblance to that of the royal beef-eaters. [Also in later dictionaries.]

roast-beef plant n. the stinking iris, Iris foetidissima, of western Europe, the leaves of which, when crushed, emit an odour likened to that of roast-beef.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises

gladdona700

gladiolusc1000

flaga1387

fleur-de-lisc1390

regworta1400

yellow flag1526

lug1538

yellow lily1555

spurge-wort1562

swordling1562

garden flag1578

ireos1578

iris1578

stinking iris1578

water flag1578

yellow iris1578

fane1597

Florentine flower-de-luce1597

stinking gladdon1597

stinking sedge1597

velvet flower-de-luce1597

orris1609

sisyrinchium1629

luce1642

Florence iris1664

cuttle-haft1688

blue flag1732

snake's-head iris1739

flag-flower1753

roast-beef plant1800

shalder1825

flag-leaf1827

sweet sedge1839

poison flag1840

flagger1842

wedding-flower1869

mourning iris1874

flagon1878

Rocky Mountain iris1880

Florentine iris1882

Japanese iris1883

flag-lily1884

sword-flag1884

blue iris1886

thunderbolt1898

scorpion iris1900

1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica I. 42 Iris..fœtidissima... Angl. Stinking Iris, or Gladwyn. Roast-beef plant.

1852 Phytologist 4 530 I must say that the ‘roast-beef-plant’ exhales no unpleasant odour to me.

1965 Times 18 Dec. 8/7 There are clumps of gladdon, or roast-beef plant, too, with the vivid orange berries showing between the splits in the brown pods.

1994 S. Conder Variegated Plants (1995) 93 I. foetidissima ‘Variegata’, the only reliably evergreen variegated iris, is a form of the native English gladwin, stinking gladdon or roast-beef plant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roast beef
释义	roast beefn. Brit. /ˌrəʊs(t) ˈbiːf/, U.S. /ˌroʊs(t) ˈbif/ Forms: see roast adj. and beef n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roast adj., beef n. Etymology: < roast adj. + beef n. Compare earlier roasted beef (see quot. a1475 at roasted adj.). Compare also earlier roast meat n.In roast beef of old England after the song cited in quot. 1731. Compare rosbif n. and the French forms cited at that entry. Beef cooked by roasting.Popularly associated with England from the early 18th cent. and often used as a symbol of Englishness, as in roast beef of old England (see quot. 1731). See also rosbif n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > roasted meat bredea1000 roasteda1398 roasta1400 Easter lambc1400 hasterya1475 roast meat1528 roast beef1564 rib roast1627 rôti1771 rosbif1822 Sunday joint1844 buccan1862 sauerbraten1889 crown roast1901 schooner on the rocks1916 porchetta1929 sour beef1935 siu mei1960 nyama choma1980 1564 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 279 The furste course: frometye, rost byffe, grene gese, weale. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. I2^v You haue made me looke like a leane rib of roast beefe. 1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 9 A calfe, a surloyne of roast biefe, a pigge. 1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty iv. i. 30/2 My Nose Smels the delicious odour of Roast-beef. 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iv. 43 Yes, if you noint it presently with a good dish o' Jelly-broth, and Tent it with a bone o' Roast-beef. 1710 Tatler No. 148. ⁋10 I smelled the agreeable Savour of Roast Beef. 1731 H. Fielding Genuine Grub-St. Opera iii. iii. 50 Oh! The roast Beef of England, And old England's roast Beef. 1769 Exploits of Renowned Robin Hood 5 Now mustard & braun, roast beef, & plum-pies, Were set upon every table. 1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 6 Long may it, and Roast Beef, be the pride and glory of this happy island. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists v. 236 A hearty, plain-spoken man, loving his laugh, his friends, his glass, his roast-beef of Old England. 1911 E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara ii. 20 I've devoured rare porterhouse and roast beef day after day for weeks. 1971 Gourmet Feb. 6/1 Dawson's takes pride in their roast beef. 2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xlii. 322 The comfortable feeling of having ordered roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, with all the trimmings. Phrases † roast beef of old England man n. Obsolete a man who represents or embodies Englishness. ΚΠ 1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 29 Mar. (1971) 507 Her husband is one of the thin dried old race of true hunter and shooter men and roast beef of old England-men. Compounds C1. General attributive, as roast-beef sandwich, roast-beef stomach, roast-beef time, etc. ΚΠ 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 517. ¶2 He had lost his Roast-Beef Stomach, not being able to touch a Sirloin. 1806 Times 14 May 3/2 It reminded him of the very bad symptom in the case of Sir Roger de Coverly, when he lost his roast beef appetite. 1859 K. Cornwallis Two Journeys to Japan I. vii. 178 My late friend..was accidentally poisoned some years back, in the middle of a roast-beef dinner, through eating horse-radish. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iii His smart cob duly carried him to the White House within five minutes of roast-beef time. 1909 J. Joyce Let. 20 Dec. (1966) II. 277 I would like roast beef rice-soup, [etc.]. 1971 D. Enefer Screaming Orchid xii. 103 I had stopped..for roast beef sandwiches and bitter beer. 2006 P. Davies Scatterlings of Afr. v. 31 Moses..deposited a hot plate with a roast beef joint in front of Peter's place at the head of the table. C2. roast beef coat n. †(a) a coat forming part of a naval uniform, or the uniform itself; cf. roast-beef dress n. (obsolete) (b) English regional (Lincolnshire) a person's best coat (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of regimentals1728 undress1748 regiments1759 regimental1764 dress uniform1774 kit1785 roast beef coat1802 butternut1810 frock-uniform1810 fatigue-dress1834 fatigue1836 fatigue-uniform1836 shirtsleeve order1854 grey1862 scarlet runnerc1864 square-rig1875 rig of the day1877 swagger-dress1901 trench coat1914 hospital blue1919 romper1922 suntan1937 battle-dress1938 army greens1945 mess kit1953 tiger suit1970 1802 W. Cathcart Let. 30 June in J. K. Laughton Naval Misc. (1902) I. 309 Pray have the goodness to have a roast beef coat made for me against my arrival, to the same measure as the last. 1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome ii. 117 His ship-washed linen out he laid, And roast beef coat in smart parade. 1830 M. Loudon First Love II. xxiv. 312 Habited, accordingly, in his full dress, or roast beef coat. 1867 Once a Week 2 Dec. 2/2 ‘I'll wager..I'm the first at the Market-cross in the morning.’ ‘In thy roast-beef coat.’ 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 247/1 Roast-beef-coat, one's very best coat (or only non-working-clothes coat). † roast-beef dress n. Obsolete rare a type of naval uniform. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Roast-Beef Dress, full uniform; probably from its resemblance to that of the royal beef-eaters. [Also in later dictionaries.] roast-beef plant n. the stinking iris, Iris foetidissima, of western Europe, the leaves of which, when crushed, emit an odour likened to that of roast-beef. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises gladdona700 gladiolusc1000 flaga1387 fleur-de-lisc1390 regworta1400 yellow flag1526 lug1538 yellow lily1555 spurge-wort1562 swordling1562 garden flag1578 ireos1578 iris1578 stinking iris1578 water flag1578 yellow iris1578 fane1597 Florentine flower-de-luce1597 stinking gladdon1597 stinking sedge1597 velvet flower-de-luce1597 orris1609 sisyrinchium1629 luce1642 Florence iris1664 cuttle-haft1688 blue flag1732 snake's-head iris1739 flag-flower1753 roast-beef plant1800 shalder1825 flag-leaf1827 sweet sedge1839 poison flag1840 flagger1842 wedding-flower1869 mourning iris1874 flagon1878 Rocky Mountain iris1880 Florentine iris1882 Japanese iris1883 flag-lily1884 sword-flag1884 blue iris1886 thunderbolt1898 scorpion iris1900 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica I. 42 Iris..fœtidissima... Angl. Stinking Iris, or Gladwyn. Roast-beef plant. 1852 Phytologist 4 530 I must say that the ‘roast-beef-plant’ exhales no unpleasant odour to me. 1965 Times 18 Dec. 8/7 There are clumps of gladdon, or roast-beef plant, too, with the vivid orange berries showing between the splits in the brown pods. 1994 S. Conder Variegated Plants (1995) 93 I. foetidissima ‘Variegata’, the only reliably evergreen variegated iris, is a form of the native English gladwin, stinking gladdon or roast-beef plant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1564
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