escallop
英 [ɪ'skæləp; e-; -'skɒl-]
- n. 海扇贝；贝壳；扇贝形物体
- vt. 使成扇贝形；把…切成薄片；烘烤；捕捞扇贝（等于scollop）
英英释义
- 1. edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
- 2. thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
- 3. edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
英文词源
- escallop (n.)
- "scallop shell," also "edge or border cut in the shape of scallops," late 15c., from Middle French escalope "shell," Old French eschalope "shell (of a nut), carapace," from a Germanic source (see scallop). For initial e-, see e-. As a verb from c. 1600 in escalloped "having the border or edge cut out in scallops."
词态变化
复数: escallops;第三人称单数: escallops;过去式: escalloped;过去分词: escalloped;现在分词: escalloping;