| 单词 | swallow's-nest fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswallow's-nest fly swallow's nest n. the nest of a swallow; transferred applied to a thing lodged at a height; spec. a battery of guns or company of shot placed on a height (cf. crow's nest n. 1); swallow's-nest fly, a fly that infests swallows' nests; also in swallow's nest soup, a Chinese dish (see bird's nest n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > battery battery1555 counter-battery1603 swallow's nest1604 field battery1742 radeau1753 guns en barbette1772 half-moon battery1794 sap battery1810 sunken battery1817 screw battery1848 wool-battery1852 masked battery1861 mountain battery1868 machine-gun battery1882 the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > thing situated at a height swallow's nest1878 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > other soups breec1000 mortressc1387 cretone?a1400 mortrelc1400 primrosea1450 water-kale?a1500 white broth?1537 plum broth1614 mutton broth1615 veal brotha1625 nettle-kale?c1625 China-broth1628 bisque1647 beer-broth1648 dilligrout1662 nativity broth1674 sowdyc1700 mandarin broth1701 white soup1708 soup-vermicell1724 soup-meagre1733 burgoo1743 sago-gruel1743 soup maigre1754 vermicelli soup1769 vermicelli1771 noodle soup1779 mock turtle soup1783 pepper-water1783 mulligatawny1784 powsowdie1787 macaroni soup1789 bird's nest soup1806 smiggins1825 garbure1829 pish-pash1834 laksa1846 sancocho1851 ajiaco1856 pepper soup1860 liquorice-soup1864 mock turtle1876 borsch1884 petite marmite1890 whey-brose1894 rassolnik1899 lokshen soup1900 menudo1904 hoosh1905 sinigang1912 waterzooi1915 Cullen Skink1916 swallow's nest soup1920 mizutaki1933 rasam1933 pasta fazool1935 pho1935 pasta fagioli1951 stracciatella1954 solyanka1958 tom yam1960 mannish water1968 pasta e fagioli1968 ribollita1968 tom yam kung1969 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 166 The besieged shot three peeces at the swalloes nest, and dismounted three of the enemies Canons. 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swallow's-nest fly, Hippobosca avicularia. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iii. 49 Certain cradles of iron, called swallows' nests, from which the sentinels..could..take deliberate aim. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1130 The edible swallows'-nests of the East. 1878 Mrs. F. D. Bridges Jrnl. Lady's Trav. round World 19 Sept. (1883) i. 13 We are living with 200 monks in a sort of swallows'-nest monastery, perched half-way up the face of a cliff. 1920 E. Sykes & P. Sykes Through Deserts & Oases Central Asia iv. 78 Swallows' nest soup is almost unprocurable nowadays. 1976 Times 14 Feb. 10/4 A real Thai Chinese restaurant..three colours swallow's nest soup..or even plain shark's fin soup. < as lemmas |
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