| 单词 | keen as mustard |
| 释义 | mustard /musˈtərd/noun
Of a brownish-yellow colour ORIGIN: OFr mo(u)starde (Fr moutarde), from L mustum must2 (because the condiment was prepared with must) mustard and cress noun A salad of seedlings of white mustard and garden cress mustard gas noun The vapour from a poisonous blistering liquid, (CH2ClCH2)2S, obtained from ethylene and sulphur chloride (also called dichlorodiethyl sulphide) mustard oil noun A volatile oil obtained from black mustard seeds mustard plaster noun A counter-irritant skin application made from black and white mustard flour, deprived of their fixed oil mustard tree noun A name given to a shrub Salvadora persica (family Salvadoraceae, prob related to Oleaceae) on the theory that it is the plant referred to in the New Testament, which others think is only black mustard which has grown tall, as it does in the Middle East black mustard An annual herb (Brassica nigra), whose strongly-flavoured seeds are used in cookery cut the mustard (informal)
French mustard The condiment prepared for the table by adding salt, sugar, vinegar, etc garlic mustard see under garlic hedge-mustard see under hedge keen as mustard (informal) Intensely enthusiastic Sarepta mustard An annual herb (Brassica juncea), whose seeds and oil are used in cookery (also brown mustard) white mustard An annual herb (Brassica alba) of the Mediterranean region, whose seeds are used in cookery wild mustard Charlock, a common cornfield weed with yellowy flowers |
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