单词 | vegetarian |
释义 | vegetariann.adj. A. n. 1. a. A person who abstains from eating animal food and lives principally or wholly on a plant-based diet; esp. a person who avoids meat and often fish but who will consume dairy products and eggs in addition to vegetable foods. Cf. vegan n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [noun] > vegetarianism or veganism > vegetarian or vegan Pythagorean1819 Grahamite1834 vegetarian1842 pythagorizer1875 veg1884 fruitarian1893 nutarian1909 nut-fooder1917 lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940 vegan1944 veggie1955 1842 Healthian Apr. 34 To tell a healthy vegetarian that his diet is very uncongenial with the wants of his nature. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xv. 319 A man can scarce become a vegetarian even without also becoming in some measure intolerant of the still large..class that eat beef with their greens, and herrings with their potatoes. 1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 251 If I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a vegetarian. 1885 G. Salmon Hist. Introd. N.T. xi. 241 Even those who used animal food themselves came to think of the vegetarian as one who lived a higher life. 1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of X i. i. 71 I have a peevish stomach—I'm a vegetarian, you know. The result of eating canned bully in my young days as an engineer. 1974 G. Hale & N. Roberts Doctor in Pract. vi. 91 She was a vegetarian, an anti-vivisectionist and a militant member of the RSPCA. 2003 Church Times 13 June 4/5 Muslims were reported as saying that they would become vegetarians or import meat from abroad, rather than eat meat that was not halal. b. An animal, bird, etc., which lives on plant-based food. ΚΠ 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 12 The round-mouthed sea-snails are nearly all vegetarians. 1881 Pop. Sci. Mar. 611 Look at the throng of vegetarians... Here are..cherry-pecking birds, honey-sucking bees, leaf-eating grubs. 1908 T. Roosevelt Outdoor Pastimes (new ed.) xii. 384 The bears live exclusively as vegetarians, save for eating small mammals or insects. 1968 I. W. Cornwall Prehistoric Animals & their Hunters Introd. 19 In their turn exploiting the browsing, grazing and gnawing vegetarians will be a community of flesh-eating animals. 2009 L. Keith Vegetarian Myth iv. 21 Gorillas are vegetarians, and they have..the largest digestive tracts of any primate. 2. A member of a Chinese religious sect which enjoins lifelong abstinence from meat. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > vegetarian > [noun] vegetarian1871 1871 A. E. Moule Four Hundred Millions i. 14 A political sect of Vegetarians has a large following in the neighbourhood of Ningpo. 1895 Tablet 10 Aug. 208 Some 80 men belonging to a sect known as Vegetarians stormed the station..at night. 1922 D. E. Smith et al. New Larned Hist. II. 1687/2 The English and American missionaries at Ku Cheng..began to be threatened by a sect or party called the ‘Vegetarians’ (Siah Chai), who were violently hostile to foreigners. 1961 M. B. Rankin in Papers on China 15 49 Twenty-six Vegetarians were executed and sixty-six received varying terms of banishment, imprisonment or lesser punishments. B. adj. 1. a. Consisting of vegetables or plants; (also) suitable for vegetarians, meat-free. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [adjective] > consisting of vegetables vegetable1700 vegetarian1843 the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > vegetarian or vegan vegetarian1843 meatless1862 animal-free1918 vegan1944 soya-based1954 soy-based1955 plant-based1971 veggie1986 the world > food and drink > food > diet > [adjective] > vegetarian or vegan vegetarian1843 animal-free1918 vegan1944 plant-based1971 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [adjective] vegetable1700 vegetarian1843 1843 Mirror 18 Nov. 337/2 The greater portion of those celebrated for their extraordinary age..have approached..to the vegetarian diet. 1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 293 The diprotodont [type of dentition] obtains in the majority of the Australasian marsupials, and is associated usually with vegetarian or promiscuous diet. 1911 J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes Lower Mississippi (Bureau Amer. Ethnol.) 317 The diet of the Tunica was more vegetarian than that of American tribes generally. 1979 Gourmet Sept. 84/1 Both of these ingredients are frequently used in vegetarian dishes. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 139 Be sure to try phulouri, a split pea and onion fritter that makes a great vegetarian snack. b. Designating a vegetarian version of a dish traditionally made with meat, in which the meat typically is replaced with soya products, mycoprotein, beans, etc. Frequently in vegetarian sausage, vegetarian burger. ΚΠ 1894 Essex County Standard 3 Mar. 7/7 Vegetarian sausage-rolls. 1904 E. G. Fulton Substitutes for Flesh Foods 114 Vegetarian Sausage... Boiled rice, 3 cups. Grated onion, 6 teaspoonfuls, [etc.]. 1969 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 4 June 20/1 (advt.) Soya meat fried chicken..vegetarian burger. 1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 73 The short choice of quickly served food..might include..vegetarian moussaka. 1997 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Feb. 36/1 The contents of a vegetarian sausage vary enormously. Some are made from textured vegetable protein, (TVP), derived from soya bean flour; others from tofu (soya bean curd), and some from Quorn. 2006 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 2 Dec. 46 It [sc. the butcher's shop] also makes..vegetarian burgers and roasts. 2. Of or relating to vegetarians or vegetarianism; practising or advocating vegetarianism. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [adjective] > vegetarian or vegan Pythagorical1570 Pythagorean1651 vegetable1812 vegetarian1847 vegetizing1857 vegetant1858 veg1884 lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940 veggie1942 vegan1944 1847 Howitt's Jrnl. 12 June 48/1 The Co-operative League..determined to spend the day together, in a rural excursion to the vegetarian establishment, Alcott House. 1860 J. Smith (title) The Principles and Practice of Vegetarian Cookery. 1890 J. Knight Vegetarianism in Pract. 12 The Vegetarian system affords such articles as will give all requisite nourishment. 1948 Life 26 Apr. 43/1 The most colorful of all, however, is the..the duly accredited candidate of the Vegetarian party. 1972 Ebony Apr. 164 Flavored and textured meat substitutes..can be served to vegetarian family members who still like the taste of favorite meats. 2007 Reykjavik Grapevine 1 June (Info section) 12/2 The store/cafeteria offers books on vegetarian eating, cooking classes, vitamins, organic ingredients..and online recipes. 3. Of an animal, insect, etc.: living on plant-based food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating vegetables herbivorous1661 vegetable-eating1703 vegetable-feeding1803 vegetivorous1822 vegetarian1850 plantivorous1890 1850 Eclectic Mag. Dec. 513/1 The Thalassians, or sea-tortoises, commonly known as turtles, [are] both vegetarian..and carnivorous. 1869 R. Trimen in R. Noble Cape & its People 100 An order..composed almost wholly of vegetarian insects. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiv. 377 Bear animalcules are for the most part vegetarian, sucking the juice of plant-cells. 1998 N. Evans Loop (1999) xxxvi. 540 ‘I thought you said these were vegetarian wolves?’ ‘They are. But, you know, it could be just a fad.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1842 |
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