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单词 kickshaw
释义

Definition of kickshaw in English:

kickshaw

noun ˈkɪkʃɔːˈkɪkˌʃɔ
archaic
  • 1A fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin.

    〈古〉(尤指源于国外的)精美但不实惠的菜肴

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Puddings, ‘kickshaws’, or ‘made dishes’, and salads of cooked, pickled, or raw vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
    • Tonolo's put it in little choux buns, puff-pastry kickshaws, tiny tartlets, and God knows what else.
    • Different tasty kickshaws baked in a puff pastry.
    • Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws.
    1. 1.1North American An elegant but insubstantial trinket.
      〈主北美〉华而不实的小饰物
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But Musgrave, in his sturdy, common-sense way, only laughed at her seriousness over such kickshaws.
      • He pursues the miching-malicho lyric and the possibilities it offers, but always with an acute sense of how to true the comic impulse that vitalizes his sublime as well as kickshaw modes.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French quelque chose 'something'. The French spelling was common in the 17th century; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural.

Rhymes

rickshaw

Definition of kickshaw in US English:

kickshaw

nounˈkikˌSHôˈkɪkˌʃɔ
archaic
  • 1A fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin.

    〈古〉(尤指源于国外的)精美但不实惠的菜肴

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Puddings, ‘kickshaws’, or ‘made dishes’, and salads of cooked, pickled, or raw vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
    • Different tasty kickshaws baked in a puff pastry.
    • Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws.
    • Tonolo's put it in little choux buns, puff-pastry kickshaws, tiny tartlets, and God knows what else.
    1. 1.1North American An elegant but insubstantial trinket.
      〈主北美〉华而不实的小饰物
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But Musgrave, in his sturdy, common-sense way, only laughed at her seriousness over such kickshaws.
      • He pursues the miching-malicho lyric and the possibilities it offers, but always with an acute sense of how to true the comic impulse that vitalizes his sublime as well as kickshaw modes.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French quelque chose ‘something’. The French spelling was common in the 17th century; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural.

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