mutton
n
1 [U] meat from a fully grown sheep 羊肉
a leg/shoulder of mutton 羊腿[羊肩]肉
roast, boiled, stewed mutton 燒、 清燉、 燜羊肉
[attrib 作定語]
mutton stew 燜羊肉
a mutton chop, ie a piece of rib of mutton 羊排. Cf 參看 lamb 2.
2 (idm 習語) dead as mutton => dead. mutton dressed (up) as `lamb (infml derog 口, 貶) older person dressed in a style suitable for a younger person 作年輕打扮的老年人; 老來俏.
?? 考研助記
媽吞(諧音):媽媽愛吃羊肉,一見羊肉就吞口水 紐扣(button)上有山(m) 羊肉
?? 擴展釋義
*['m?tn]n. 羊肉相關詞組: eat mutton cold
?? 同為「外貿」詞匯
deadadj. 死去的;完全的;無感覺的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;絕對;極度;
n. 死者;(死一樣的)寂靜;極寒時候;