单词 | cackleberries |
释义 | cackleberries in British Englishplural noun cackleberry cackleberry in British English (ˈkækəlˌbɛrɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ries a slang word for egg1 egg in British English 1 (ɛɡ) noun 1. the oval or round reproductive body laid by the females of birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, and some other animals, consisting of a developing embryo, its food store, and sometimes jelly or albumen, all surrounded by an outer shell or membrane 2. Also called: egg cell any female gamete; ovum 3. the egg of the domestic hen used as food 4. something resembling an egg, esp in shape or in being in an early stage of development 5. bad egg 6. good egg 7. lay an egg 8. put all one's eggs in one basket 9. teach one's grandmother to suck eggs 10. with egg on one's face verb (transitive) 11. to dip (food) in beaten egg before cooking 12. informal to throw eggs at Word origin C14: from Old Norse egg; related to Old English ǣg, Old High German ei |
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