单词 | smoke-dry |
释义 | smoke-dryv. 1. transitive. To dry or cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] > smoke reekOE smudge1599 fume1602 bloat1611 smoke-dry1704 cure1725 smoke1757 baconize1799 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Chesnut It is best to beat the Fruit down from the Tree,..or if you don't, you must Smoke-dry 'em. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xx. 111 They even took out the jaw-bones, which they smoke-dried. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 62 He even spoke of having an old woman..hung up in the chimney, and smoke-drying her for three weeks. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 174/2 Boiled, smoke-dried, and packed in bags. 2. intransitive. To become dried by the action of smoke. In quot. 1853 transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > become dry [verb (intransitive)] > by the action of smoke smoke-dry1853 1853 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship ii, in Sharpe's London Mag. July 3/2 You've been smoke-drying in London..till you're out of condition. Derivatives ˈsmoke-drying n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > becoming dry > by action of smoke infumation1721 smoke-drying1811 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. xxx. 265 The discipline of a smoke-drying in one of the closest streets of the city. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1704 |
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