英语词汇“mutton”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you order mutton at a restaurant, you'll be served a kind of meat that comes from an adult sheep. It's not, however, very common to see mutton on a menu.

Use mutton when you're talking about eating the flesh of a sheep. In the United States, it's more common to dine on lamb, which is meat that comes from a baby sheep, although mutton is a popular dish in other parts of the world. Mutton has been in use since the thirteenth century, from an Old French root word, moton, "mutton, ram, or sheep." In the 1860's, long sideburns called mutton chops were a popular style of facial hair.

WORD FAMILY

mutton: muttons

USAGE EXAMPLES

Jagdish Singh said it was "troubling" to find out that tallow - derived from beef or mutton, but sometimes pork - was used to manufacture the fiver.

BBC(Nov 30, 2016)

The fatty substance is traditionally derived from beef or mutton and sometimes pork, at the slaughterhouse or later in the food production process.

BBC(Nov 30, 2016)

At the age of four, a kid might ride sheep in competitions—it’s called mutton busting.

The New Yorker(Nov 16, 2016)

n meat from a mature domestic sheep

Syn|Hyper

mouton

meat

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

单词	mutton
释义	mutton (once / 929 pages) n If you order mutton at a restaurant, you'll be served a kind of meat that comes from an adult sheep. It's not, however, very common to see mutton on a menu. Use mutton when you're talking about eating the flesh of a sheep. In the United States, it's more common to dine on lamb, which is meat that comes from a baby sheep, although mutton is a popular dish in other parts of the world. Mutton has been in use since the thirteenth century, from an Old French root word, moton, "mutton, ram, or sheep." In the 1860's, long sideburns called mutton chops were a popular style of facial hair. WORD FAMILY mutton: muttons USAGE EXAMPLES Jagdish Singh said it was "troubling" to find out that tallow - derived from beef or mutton, but sometimes pork - was used to manufacture the fiver. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) The fatty substance is traditionally derived from beef or mutton and sometimes pork, at the slaughterhouse or later in the food production process. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) At the age of four, a kid might ride sheep in competitions—it’s called mutton busting. The New Yorker(Nov 16, 2016) n meat from a mature domestic sheep Syn\|Hyper mouton meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
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