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单词 capon
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Definition of capon in English:

capon

noun ˈkeɪp(ə)n
  • A castrated domestic cock fattened for eating.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We use the term broiler production to capture the Census of Agriculture category which includes ‘broilers, fryers, and other chickens raised for meat production, including capons and roasters’.
    • Its ingredients would have included rabbits, pigeons, partridges, a hare, a pheasant, a capon and the livers of all these animals, along with eggs, pickled mushrooms, dried fruit and spices.
    • Although some references explain its etymology as being from old French hutaudeau, meaning a pullet (a young hen), the derivation was in fact hétoudeau or hétourdeau which was a capon (a fattened cock fowl).
    • I'm always sad that these catalogues of popular anticlericalism fail to mention James Clavell's bestselling Shogun, which luridly shows its Jesuit villain feasting on capon in one important scene.
    • Their dinner had two courses rather than one, and included luxuries such as veal, capons, pigeon, plovers and tarts.
    • Farmer Bragard is further rumoured to be contemplating using the green for fattening up capons, and it is this in particular that has the authorities in a froth.
    • C. Anne Wilson quotes an ordinance of Richard II in 1378 for prices charged by cooks and pie bakers, including those for capons and hens baked in pasties.
    • Turkey is easier, but anyone having a fancy for goose, duck, capon or our more unusual feathered friends shouldn't take any chances.
    • For the capon broth: In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, combine all ingredients.
    • This wine was a perfect choice for the main course, a combination of capon and lamb loin, topped on pumpkin and potato galette, accompanied with a red port wine reduction.
    • ‘And…’ the rooster-in-charge continues, ‘each one of us will now be a capon without even being castrated.’
    • One peer at least tied a capon in his handkerchief and tossed it up to his famished family.
    • On 31 December 1995, four dishes were served to the President and his guests: Marennes oysters, foie gras, roast capon, and ortolan.
    • There were anchovies, carp, caviar, crab, crayfish…, bacon, beef, brains, calf's head, capon, all the way to venison.
    • If you're planning for a large gathering, goose and capon can be quite big - up to 12 or so pounds.
    • The multi-cuisine dinner spread will have assorted cold meat platters, roast capon in cranberry sauce, grilled fish, sliced pepper lamb and pastas cooked on the spot among other vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies.
    • Tip the boy who brings you a stuffed capon and a jug of mead and your coins say, ‘I am richer than you.’
    • Or he'd trade one of them to a neighbor for a year's supply of milk and eggs and a fat, ready-to-cook capon at Christmas.
    • I do not have a family so turkey is too much - you can't get a good capon for love nor money and chicken is something I eat regularly, so not special enough.
    • She might filet him on the spot and turn him into a stuffed capon!
    Synonyms
    rooster, cockerel, male fowl

Derivatives

  • caponize

  • verb ˈkeɪp(ə)nʌɪzˈkeɪpəˌnaɪz
    [with object]
    • Castrate (a domestic cock)

      the males were caponized
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I will try valiantly to make the time to caponize another batch of cockerels this year, and will report on the results.
      • Why would one caponize a rooster?
      • Daddy was a real, live soldier, a trained 82nd Airborne killing machine who could coolly cut a throat or methodically caponize a chicken in the field.

Origin

Late Old English: from Old French, based on Latin capo, capon-.

Rhymes

misshapen
 
 

Definition of capon in US English:

capon

noun
  • A castrated male chicken fattened for eating.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The multi-cuisine dinner spread will have assorted cold meat platters, roast capon in cranberry sauce, grilled fish, sliced pepper lamb and pastas cooked on the spot among other vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies.
    • Tip the boy who brings you a stuffed capon and a jug of mead and your coins say, ‘I am richer than you.’
    • There were anchovies, carp, caviar, crab, crayfish…, bacon, beef, brains, calf's head, capon, all the way to venison.
    • Or he'd trade one of them to a neighbor for a year's supply of milk and eggs and a fat, ready-to-cook capon at Christmas.
    • If you're planning for a large gathering, goose and capon can be quite big - up to 12 or so pounds.
    • Its ingredients would have included rabbits, pigeons, partridges, a hare, a pheasant, a capon and the livers of all these animals, along with eggs, pickled mushrooms, dried fruit and spices.
    • Although some references explain its etymology as being from old French hutaudeau, meaning a pullet (a young hen), the derivation was in fact hétoudeau or hétourdeau which was a capon (a fattened cock fowl).
    • ‘And…’ the rooster-in-charge continues, ‘each one of us will now be a capon without even being castrated.’
    • Farmer Bragard is further rumoured to be contemplating using the green for fattening up capons, and it is this in particular that has the authorities in a froth.
    • C. Anne Wilson quotes an ordinance of Richard II in 1378 for prices charged by cooks and pie bakers, including those for capons and hens baked in pasties.
    • This wine was a perfect choice for the main course, a combination of capon and lamb loin, topped on pumpkin and potato galette, accompanied with a red port wine reduction.
    • I do not have a family so turkey is too much - you can't get a good capon for love nor money and chicken is something I eat regularly, so not special enough.
    • Their dinner had two courses rather than one, and included luxuries such as veal, capons, pigeon, plovers and tarts.
    • We use the term broiler production to capture the Census of Agriculture category which includes ‘broilers, fryers, and other chickens raised for meat production, including capons and roasters’.
    • Turkey is easier, but anyone having a fancy for goose, duck, capon or our more unusual feathered friends shouldn't take any chances.
    • I'm always sad that these catalogues of popular anticlericalism fail to mention James Clavell's bestselling Shogun, which luridly shows its Jesuit villain feasting on capon in one important scene.
    • One peer at least tied a capon in his handkerchief and tossed it up to his famished family.
    • For the capon broth: In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, combine all ingredients.
    • She might filet him on the spot and turn him into a stuffed capon!
    • On 31 December 1995, four dishes were served to the President and his guests: Marennes oysters, foie gras, roast capon, and ortolan.
    Synonyms
    rooster, cockerel, male fowl

Origin

Late Old English: from Old French, based on Latin capo, capon-.

 
 
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