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单词 corn-fed
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Definition of corn-fed in English:

corn-fed

adjectiveˈkɔːnfɛdˈkɔrnˌfɛd
  • 1Fed on grain, especially maize.

    用谷物(尤指玉米)喂养的

    corn-fed chickens

    玉米喂养的鸡。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My wife's lemon and thyme marinated corn-fed chicken breast was succulent and fresh, and accompanied by roast potatoes cooked in herbs and a roast pepper relish.
    • Fine steaks, corn-fed chicken, delicious wines all at less than half the price of their coastal neighbours.
    • His roast chicken is fantastic, a juicy corn-fed bird with an immaculately crisped, golden skin whose flavour suggested it had led a jolly decent life.
    • Leaving aside service so patchy it was almost threadbare, I don't like overdone halibut, while Michael wasn't impressed with his corn-fed chicken with pomme Berny and truffle froth.
    • Freedom Food labelled Devonshire Red Corn-fed Chicken is now available in a number of major retailers.
    • He humphed as he skinned the organic, free-range, corn-fed chicken breast.
    • The corn-fed spring chicken with boulangère potatoes and thyme gravy was a double treat, with the breast confit and the leg roasted.
    • The death rates among the GM corn-fed chickens was double that of the ones eating conventional corn.
    • Be won over by his pressed terrine of corn-fed chicken, scallops, risotto, sea bream with linguine and fishcakes with a chive beurre blanc.
    • The menu included a selection of teas and sandwiches, which included ‘finger sandwiches’ of wild smoked salmon, ‘refreshing cucumber’, Limerick ham and corn-fed chicken.
    • Solar panels and windmills provide heat and light, while openings in the houses (where the corn-fed chickens spend the night) are rotated to preserve the grass from erosion.
    • The roast corn-fed chicken with wild mushrooms, artichokes, potatoes and crispy ham also went down very well.
    • Cannelloni a la infanta followed, a tasty pasta appetiser, and then came braised corn-fed chicken breast filled with aubergine, sobrasada and honey.
    • Is it against the cause to crave the occasional steak, or a happy corn-fed organic chicken?
    • Paul Heathcote's easy but elegant dish combines succulent corn fed chicken with wild mushrooms and buttery baby leeks.
    • Menus that offer succulent, corn-fed baby chicken, drizzled with a tingling lemon sauce probably take this principle to extremes.
    • My aunt had the breast of corn-fed chicken with pea risotto and Madeira syrup.
    • One can only assume that the angry couple had also ordered the lovely, tender, corn-fed chicken with a rosemary and garlic sauce and the Buccleuch steak with colcannon potatoes and a red wine gravy.
    • They will be corn-fed, watered, and given fresh hay to sleep on.
    • It's the same thing with beef, corn-fed beef from the States just doesn't compare to Western Canadian beef that's been pastured and then fattened up on wheat and barley.
    1. 1.1US informal Plump; well fed.
      〈美,非正式〉长得圆滚滚的;养得好的
      a minister of corn-fed opulence
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Middle-class, first-time parents will man the patrols with a three-wheel Bugaboo pushchair carrying their corn-fed, mop-topped urchins.
      • And why do I have to have a cockpit the size of the Great Court at the British Library just because a fat slob in Ohio can't get a seatbelt round his corn-fed gut?
      • I don't think so, there is something corn-fed about those flawless complexions.
      Synonyms
      big, burly, heavy, tall, bulky, thickset, heavyset, chunky, strapping, powerfully built, hefty, muscular, muscle-bound, brawny, muscly, husky, solid, powerful, sturdy, solidly built, broad-shouldered, strong, big and strong, rugged, herculean
    2. 1.2US informal Provincial; unsophisticated.
      〈美,非正式〉朴实的;单纯的
      a backward, corn-fed Heartland town

      落后而淳朴的哈特兰小镇。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Along comes Betty Elms, a corn-fed blonde straight out of Deep River, Ontario, trailing the faint scent of Lynch's Twin Peaks ingénue Laura Palmer.
      • As Emily is a good corn-fed Midwestern girl who hasn't left the nest until now, she is excited by the possibilities of this assignment.
      • I know Ledger is Australian, but the two come across like a pair of corn-fed Midwestern American football players.
      • He is also this tall, skinny guy with blonde spikes and blue eyes, so he really just looks Californian, where he was born, but he talks like a corn-fed kid from a farm with Dorothy and Toto.
      • To the big-city lesbian who comes for a visit with friends and finds a John Deere tractor parked in the airport terminal, Sioux City is corn-fed country.
      Synonyms
      unsophisticated, narrow-minded, parochial, small-town, suburban, insular, parish-pump, inward-looking, limited, restricted, localist, conservative, narrow

Definition of corn-fed in US English:

corn-fed

(also cornfed)
adjectiveˈkɔrnˌfɛdˈkôrnˌfed
  • 1Fed on corn.

    corn-fed chickens

    玉米喂养的鸡。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The death rates among the GM corn-fed chickens was double that of the ones eating conventional corn.
    • One can only assume that the angry couple had also ordered the lovely, tender, corn-fed chicken with a rosemary and garlic sauce and the Buccleuch steak with colcannon potatoes and a red wine gravy.
    • Is it against the cause to crave the occasional steak, or a happy corn-fed organic chicken?
    • Solar panels and windmills provide heat and light, while openings in the houses (where the corn-fed chickens spend the night) are rotated to preserve the grass from erosion.
    • Leaving aside service so patchy it was almost threadbare, I don't like overdone halibut, while Michael wasn't impressed with his corn-fed chicken with pomme Berny and truffle froth.
    • Be won over by his pressed terrine of corn-fed chicken, scallops, risotto, sea bream with linguine and fishcakes with a chive beurre blanc.
    • He humphed as he skinned the organic, free-range, corn-fed chicken breast.
    • My wife's lemon and thyme marinated corn-fed chicken breast was succulent and fresh, and accompanied by roast potatoes cooked in herbs and a roast pepper relish.
    • Menus that offer succulent, corn-fed baby chicken, drizzled with a tingling lemon sauce probably take this principle to extremes.
    • Cannelloni a la infanta followed, a tasty pasta appetiser, and then came braised corn-fed chicken breast filled with aubergine, sobrasada and honey.
    • The roast corn-fed chicken with wild mushrooms, artichokes, potatoes and crispy ham also went down very well.
    • Paul Heathcote's easy but elegant dish combines succulent corn fed chicken with wild mushrooms and buttery baby leeks.
    • Fine steaks, corn-fed chicken, delicious wines all at less than half the price of their coastal neighbours.
    • My aunt had the breast of corn-fed chicken with pea risotto and Madeira syrup.
    • Freedom Food labelled Devonshire Red Corn-fed Chicken is now available in a number of major retailers.
    • It's the same thing with beef, corn-fed beef from the States just doesn't compare to Western Canadian beef that's been pastured and then fattened up on wheat and barley.
    • His roast chicken is fantastic, a juicy corn-fed bird with an immaculately crisped, golden skin whose flavour suggested it had led a jolly decent life.
    • The menu included a selection of teas and sandwiches, which included ‘finger sandwiches’ of wild smoked salmon, ‘refreshing cucumber’, Limerick ham and corn-fed chicken.
    • The corn-fed spring chicken with boulangère potatoes and thyme gravy was a double treat, with the breast confit and the leg roasted.
    • They will be corn-fed, watered, and given fresh hay to sleep on.
    1. 1.1US informal Plump; well fed.
      〈美,非正式〉长得圆滚滚的;养得好的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And why do I have to have a cockpit the size of the Great Court at the British Library just because a fat slob in Ohio can't get a seatbelt round his corn-fed gut?
      • Middle-class, first-time parents will man the patrols with a three-wheel Bugaboo pushchair carrying their corn-fed, mop-topped urchins.
      • I don't think so, there is something corn-fed about those flawless complexions.
      Synonyms
      big, burly, heavy, tall, bulky, thickset, heavyset, chunky, strapping, powerfully built, hefty, muscular, muscle-bound, brawny, muscly, husky, solid, powerful, sturdy, solidly built, broad-shouldered, strong, big and strong, rugged, herculean
    2. 1.2US informal Provincial; unsophisticated.
      〈美,非正式〉朴实的;单纯的
      a backward, corn-fed Heartland city

      落后而淳朴的哈特兰小镇。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Along comes Betty Elms, a corn-fed blonde straight out of Deep River, Ontario, trailing the faint scent of Lynch's Twin Peaks ingénue Laura Palmer.
      • He is also this tall, skinny guy with blonde spikes and blue eyes, so he really just looks Californian, where he was born, but he talks like a corn-fed kid from a farm with Dorothy and Toto.
      • I know Ledger is Australian, but the two come across like a pair of corn-fed Midwestern American football players.
      • To the big-city lesbian who comes for a visit with friends and finds a John Deere tractor parked in the airport terminal, Sioux City is corn-fed country.
      • As Emily is a good corn-fed Midwestern girl who hasn't left the nest until now, she is excited by the possibilities of this assignment.
      Synonyms
      unsophisticated, narrow-minded, parochial, small-town, suburban, insular, parish-pump, inward-looking, limited, restricted, localist, conservative, narrow
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