| 单词 | to a crisp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto a crisp 6. An overdone piece of anything cooked, fried, or roasted; usually in to a crisp. Also transferred. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [noun] > cooked food > overcooked food crispa1852 a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxix One time, they'll burn their bread to a crisp. 1852 H. Melville Pierre xii. ii. 263 Burn it till it shriveled to a crisp! 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches 215 Not just frizzled up a bit, but literally roasted to a crisp! 1899 W. C. Morrow Bohemian Paris 44 It was some~time before Haidon could realize that he was not burned to a crisp. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xxi. 258 I became absorbed in a book I was reading, and Jim came back to find the bacon a crisp. 1959 A. Huxley Let. 29 Nov. (1969) 881 Temperatures are in the eighties—..the vegetation..is burnt to a crisp. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 35 The hot weather continued and the feed had dried to a crisp. < as lemmas |
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