单词 | mutton |
释义 | mutton n.   1. the flesh of sheep used for food.   2. joc. a sheep. Phrases and idioms mutton-bird Austral.   1. any bird of the genus Puffinus, esp. the short-tailed shearwater, P. tenuirostris.   2. any of various petrels. mutton chop   1. a piece of mutton, usu. the rib and half vertebra to which it is attached.   2. (in full mutton chop whisker) a side whisker shaped like this. mutton dressed as lamb colloq. a usu. middle-aged or elderly woman dressed or made up to appear younger. mutton-head colloq. a dull, stupid person. mutton-headed colloq. dull, stupid. Derivatives muttony adj. Etymology: ME f. OF moton f. med.L multo -onis prob. f. Gaulish |
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