单词 | aspic |
释义 | aspic1 /asˈpik/nounA clear savoury meat- or fish-jelly used as a glaze or a mould for fish, game, hard-boiled eggs, etc ORIGIN: Fr, perh from aspic (asp) because it is ‘cold as an aspic’ (French proverb) aspic2 /asˈpik/nounThe broad-leaved lavender (Lavandula spica or latifolia) ORIGIN: Fr, from L spīca spike asp1 /asp or äsp/nounA venomous snake of various kinds, including Vipera aspis of southern Europe, Cleopatra's asp (prob the horned viper), the biblical asp (prob the Egyptian juggler's snake, Naja haje), and the cobra de capello (also (archaic and poetic) aspˈic or aspˈick) ORIGIN: L, from Gr aspis |
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