单词 | spatchcock |
释义 | spatchcock[ spach-kok ] / ˈspætʃˌkɒk / nouna fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling. verb (used with object)to prepare and roast (a fowl) in this manner. to insert or interpolate, especially in a forced or incongruous manner: Additional information has been spatchcocked into the occasional random footnote. Origin of spatchcock1775–85; apparently alteration of spitchcock; popular interpretation as shortening of dispatch cock is probably specious Words nearby spatchcockspastic hemiplegia, spastic ileus, spasticity, spastic paralysis, spat, spatchcock, spate, spathaceous, spathe, spathic, spathiphyllum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for spatchcockspatchcock / (ˈspætʃˌkɒk) / nouna chicken or game bird split down the back and grilledCompare spitchcock verb (tr)to interpolate (words, a story, etc) into a sentence, narrative, etc, esp inappropriately Word Origin for spatchcockC18: perhaps variant of spitchcock eel when prepared and cooked Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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