| 单词 | sausage machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmassausage machine sausage machine n. a machine for manufacturing sausages; also figurative, esp. with reference to an institution that is held to ‘process’ its members so that their views, outlook, etc., are routinely identical; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > apparatus for specific foods cheese-cutter1681 suet chopper1795 soda-fountain1824 sausage machinec1840 acetifier1853 honey extractor1862 cheese wire1887 sorbetière1965 the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun] > making uniform > institution churning out identical members sausage machinec1840 c1840 C. Webb Vagrant i. i. 14 Coco. [Furiously.] Why you infernal old Tomahawk!—you Patent Mangler!—you Sausage Machine to young men! 1850 New Eng. Farmer 2 379 Sausage or Mincing Machine. This is a small, compact machine, remarkably strong and durable. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Sausage-machine, a machine for chopping or mincing meat for the purpose of making sausages. 1889 R. Kipling in Pioneer Mail 20 Nov. 647/3 They will be sorry that they began tampering with the great sausage-machine of civilization. 1934 R. Mackenzie Maitlands ii. 64 When I became a schoolmaster I was full of hope... But I soon saw I was just part of a sausage-machine. 1960 Encounter Jan. 40/2 Producing a stock of plays and playwrights to feed the relentless sausage-machines of the drama departments. 1976 Howard Jrnl. 15 i. 55 Rise in the incidence and severity of juvenile delinquency may increase pressures towards an even more ‘sausage-machine’ and delinquency-orientated approach.., with no better results. < as lemmas |
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