| 单词 | sheep-meat |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheep-meat sheep-meat n. (a) Western U.S. mutton; (b) in modern trading use: meat obtained from sheep; mutton and lamb; (also written as one word). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] muttonc1300 sheep-meat1975 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Sheep meat. 1975 Austral. Outlook XXIX. 298 New Zealand supplies 80 per cent of EEC sheepmeat imports. 1978 Times 19 June 17/3 The word ‘sheepmeat’ with which Brussels refers to mutton and lamb, is translated from the official French term, Viande ovine. 1979 Times 13 Nov. 17/6 The recent use of the term ‘sheepmeat’ in place of mutton and lamb is depressing in the extreme and will, I should think, put many people off buying what is one of our most important farm products. < as lemmas |
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