poultry
英 [ˈpəʊl.tri]
美 [ˈpoʊl.tri]
1. foal => pullet => poult- + -ry => poultry.
2. 谐音“烹脆”---- 烹煮后很香脆 --- 当然就是家禽的肉了。
poultry 家禽来自古法语poulet,小鸡,家禽,词源同pullet.-ry,集合名词后缀。
- poultry
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poultry: [14] Poultry comes ultimately from a Latin word for a ‘young animal’, which also gave English pony. It was borrowed from Old French pouleterie, a derivative of pouletier ‘poultry dealer’. This in turn was based on poulet (source of English pullet [14]), a diminutive form of poule ‘hen’, which went back via Vulgar Latin *pulla to Latin pullus ‘young animal, young horse, young chicken’ (source of English pony and related to foal). Punch, as in ‘Punch and Judy’, may come from pullus too.
=> foal, pony, pullet
- poultry (n.)
- "domestic fowls," late 14c. (mid-14c. as "place where poultry is sold"), from Old French pouletrie "domestic fowl" (late 13c.), from pouletier "dealer in domestic fowl," from poulet "young fowl" (see pullet).
- 1. Most poultry farmers have to rely on commercially manufactured feeds.
- 多数饲养家禽的农场主不得不依赖商业化生产的饲料。
- 2. Contaminants found in poultry will also be found in their eggs.
- 家禽身上发现的污染物,在禽蛋里也会有。
- 3. Dr Binger keeps poultry, pigs and goats.
- 班热博士饲养家禽、猪和羊。
- 4. The menu features roast meats and poultry.
- 菜单上的特色菜是烤肉和家禽肉。
- 5. Eat plenty of fish and poultry.
- 要多吃鱼和禽肉。