释义
[ ven -uh -suh n, -zuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvɛn ə sən, -zən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.
Origin of venison 1250–1300; Middle English
ven (
a )
ison <Old French
veneison, venaison <Latin
vēnātiōn (stem of
vēnātiō hunting), equivalent to
vēnāt (
us ) (see venatic) +
-iōn- -ion
Words nearby venison venin, venipuncture, venire facias, venireman, venisection, venison , Venite, veni, vidi, vici, Venizelos, venlafaxine, venlafaxine hydrochloride
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Example sentences from the Web for venison We had a vast vegetable garden, fruit trees, a henhouse, and my father would hunt most of our meat: venison , elk, bear.
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Dinner, at 8pm, normally consists of venison or salmon and salad.
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I should hope the city's homeless people will be munching on some venison burgers for the foreseeable future.
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This chair by British designer Thomas Heatherwick is now on view in his show at Haunch of Venison gallery in New York.
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She said the DIVA women were happy and supportive and her family ate the venison she brought home.
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Beef and venison are plentiful, but the beef is of rather a sinuous texture.
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His stock of venison added to ours would enable us to perform the voyage without having again to stop and hunt for game.
Snow Shoes and Canoes | William H. G. Kingston
They made a fire at once, and while Rolf got the mid-day meal of tea and venison , Quonab skinned the fisher.
Rolf In The Woods | Ernest Thompson Seton
Our forefathers liked their venison in gobbets, for three hours at a stretch, and washed it down with a tun or two of sack.
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"'Tis venison , boy, that was never shot by the King's keeper," he answered.
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British Dictionary definitions for venison noun the flesh of a deer, used as food
archaic the flesh of any game animal used for food
Word Origin for venison C13: from Old French venaison, from Latin vēnātiō hunting, from vēnārī to hunt
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