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单词 scallop
释义

scallop

/ˈskɒləp / /ˈskaləp /
noun
1An edible bivalve mollusc with a ribbed fan-shaped shell. Scallops swim by rapidly opening and closing the shell valves.
  • Family Pectinidae: Chlamys, Pecten, and other genera.
Remove the scallops from their shells by gently scraping and prising them away with a blunt knife, leaving on the roe (alternatively, ask your fishmonger to do this for you)....
  • Remove the scallops from their shells and discard the ‘skirts’, leaving only the white meat and orange roe.
  • For the scallops: remove from shell, clean and cut in half lengthways.
1.1 short for scallop shell.Here the interior is inlaid with millions of beautiful shells, scallops, paloudres, clams, periwinkles, mussels, oysters and rogans.
1.2A small pan or dish shaped like a scallop shell and used for baking or serving food.
2 (usually scallops) Each of a series of convex rounded projections forming an ornamental edging cut in material or worked in lace or knitting in imitation of the edge of a scallop shell: an intricate design of vees and scallops [as modifier]: the tablecloth has a scallop edge...
  • European axes at the most might have wide scallops filed on the edge of the blade plate on the inside or bottom of the beard, and that is not common.
  • Place the scallop pattern along the foldline and transfer the scallops to the fabric.
  • A white drawing on black paper depicts from various angles a school of the menacing fairy-tale creatures, variously ornamented with stripes, scallops and spikes.
3 another term for escalope.
verb (scallops, scalloping, scalloped)
1 [with object] (usually as adjective scalloped) Ornament (an edge or material) with scallops: a scalloped V-shaped neckline...
  • It does not rest on the stone table: the foremost scalloped edge of the platform dips below the straight edge of the table, and the base of the platform is not rendered visible.
  • Remove the top of a one-quart jug and then scallop the edge with scissors.
  • I chose to put sand colored scalloped concrete border edgers against the outside pool edge and now only the lip shows on top.
1.1Cut, shape, or arrange in the form of a scallop shell: he leaned against the scalloped seat of the limousine...
  • The distinctive shape, with prominently scalloped rim, recalls contemporary European silver forms, specifically bleeding, or barber's bowls.
  • He sat down on the edge of a flame duct scalloped out of the concrete pad, feeling the sun-heated wall against his calves as his legs dangled, the chain scraping between them.
  • A scalloped, cloverleaf shape lends plenty of character to this Charlestown Square table (above left) from Broyhill.
2 [no object] (usually as noun scalloping) North American Gather or dredge for scallops: in fall and early winter they went scalloping...
  • And in the unlikely event that you get bored with counting portholes, you can always go scalloping - the seabed is alive with them!
3 [with object] Bake with milk or a sauce: (as adjective scalloped) scalloped potatoes...
  • ‘They should be glad I am not writing about the food,’ smiled Miller after sampling the herb-encrusted halibut with fennel sauce, scalloped potatoes and asparagus.
  • However, the side of scalloped potatoes was creamy and excellent and there was a generous portion of steamed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, beans, shredded carrots, peas) that made it feel like a holiday dinner.
  • ‘Took you long enough,’ she muttered and handed him a bowl of scalloped potatoes.

Derivatives

scalloper

noun ...
  • We learned from Will and his colleagues about the Center's efforts at CBM involving scientific research, as well as its cooperative work with clammers and scallopers.
  • In the fishery, scallopers report they're seeing more spat than ever.
  • Regulations like the one for scallopers have become increasingly common in recent decades.

Origin

Middle English: shortening of Old French escalope, probably of Germanic origin. The verb dates from the mid 18th century.

Rhymes

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