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单词 cos
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cos1

(also cos lettuce)
noun kɒskɑs
British
  • A lettuce of a variety with crisp narrow leaves that form a tall head.

    直立莴苣,窄叶莴苣

    Also called romaine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lettuces fall into three basic categories - cos, crisp head and loose leaf types.
    • Dill pickles, a bit of cos lettuce, slithers of Parmesan - that's all you need.
    • To start I had the Greek salad of cos and oak leaf lettuce, red and yellow peppers, paper thin red onion slices, creamy feta cheese and a herb and mustard vinaigrette.
    • The new lettuce appears to be a cross between a cos and a deep red radicchio.
    • The cold entrées were Smoked Chicken Caesar Salad, with cos lettuce and croutons dressed with shaved Parmesan cheese, and Avocado, Pancetta and Stilton Salad on a bed of mixed leaves with baby spinach.
    • To start there was a choice of sweetcorn and ginger soup, cos salad with Parmesan and garlic dressing or smoked haddock cakes with horseradish dressing.
    • We like to serve the meat wrapped in large cos or iceberg lettuce leaves with fresh mint, coriander and Thai sweet basil.
    • A cos will serve 8, an iceberg about 10 and a butter lettuce will serve 4,
    • Roughly tear the cos into pieces and place in a large salad bowl.
    • These cabbages have more than one shape, for example long and narrow like a cos lettuce, or less long and barrel shaped in profile.
    • Stay classic and use only cos, if you can find it, or little gem.
    • Place cos leaves in a serving bowl then spoon in the lamb mixture.
    • Tear basil, mint, coriander, parsley and cos and place in a large salad or mixing bowl.

Origin

Late 17th century: named after the Aegean island of Cos, where it originated.

Rhymes

across, boss, Bros, cross, crosse, doss, dross, emboss, en brosse, floss, fosse, gloss, Goss, joss, Kos, lacrosse, loss, moss, MS-DOS, Ross because, Boz, Oz, Ros, Roz, schnozz, was

cos2

abbreviationkɒzkɒskɑs
  • Cosine.

    同COSINE

cos3

(also 'cos)
conjunctionkɒzkəz
British informal
  • Because.

    I got quite upset, cos I'd worked so hard
    See also coz, cuz
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm not sure why I've never called her by name coz it's not like she'd mind.
    • This is according to the man who failed to raise the alarm cos he couldn't tell what the problem was.
    • I didn't want to turn around and take a pic of the mountain cos that might be deemed ‘rude’.
    • It's such a shame coz everything else I'm wearing is actually quite nice.
    • Edgar says its ridiculous cos how does one tell time with a watch face so small?
    • Sorry - can't give much more of a reference at the moment cos I gave my copy to an equally cheerful friend.
    • I needed to clear my name cos that's my livelihood, for myself and my fans.
    • Just cos it was for charity doesn't mean he couldn't do it properly.
    • He came to the studio cos he was interested to hear more of my stuff.
    • He reckons I should be able to spot him easily cos he's very tall.
    • It took us a while to leave coz Clayton had misplaced his keys somewhere and we spent some time looking for them.
    • At lunch time I stand by myself in the playground cos none of the children will play with me and if I ask to play with them they say okay and then they ignore me.
    • Take a look now, coz I'll probably have given it up by the end of the week.
    • Only look at it if you don't have to be anywhere for hours, coz you won't be able to tear yourself away.
    • I'm not saying any more at the moment cos as my luck goes, I won't get it.
    • I can only hope for his sake that he wasn't, coz some of the answers he gave were plain awful!
    • I went and sat in the dining room coz the table is big and my desk is too small for that kind of studying.
    • I had to leave my school cos my girlfriend broke up with me.
    • I didn't take it off while shopping, coz then I'd have to waste time wrestling back into it.
    • At the moment there's a backlash cos everyone's filming people arguing, spitting and cussing each other.

cos1

(also cos lettuce)
nounkäskɑs
British
  • A lettuce of a variety with crisp narrow leaves that form a tall head; a romaine.

    直立莴苣,窄叶莴苣

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These cabbages have more than one shape, for example long and narrow like a cos lettuce, or less long and barrel shaped in profile.
    • We like to serve the meat wrapped in large cos or iceberg lettuce leaves with fresh mint, coriander and Thai sweet basil.
    • Place cos leaves in a serving bowl then spoon in the lamb mixture.
    • Roughly tear the cos into pieces and place in a large salad bowl.
    • To start I had the Greek salad of cos and oak leaf lettuce, red and yellow peppers, paper thin red onion slices, creamy feta cheese and a herb and mustard vinaigrette.
    • A cos will serve 8, an iceberg about 10 and a butter lettuce will serve 4,
    • Lettuces fall into three basic categories - cos, crisp head and loose leaf types.
    • The new lettuce appears to be a cross between a cos and a deep red radicchio.
    • Stay classic and use only cos, if you can find it, or little gem.
    • Dill pickles, a bit of cos lettuce, slithers of Parmesan - that's all you need.
    • Tear basil, mint, coriander, parsley and cos and place in a large salad or mixing bowl.
    • To start there was a choice of sweetcorn and ginger soup, cos salad with Parmesan and garlic dressing or smoked haddock cakes with horseradish dressing.
    • The cold entrées were Smoked Chicken Caesar Salad, with cos lettuce and croutons dressed with shaved Parmesan cheese, and Avocado, Pancetta and Stilton Salad on a bed of mixed leaves with baby spinach.

Origin

Late 17th century: named after the Aegean island of Cos, where it originated.

cos2

abbreviationkäskɑs
  • Cosine.

    同COSINE

cos3

(also 'cos)
conjunction
British informal
  • Because.

    I got quite upset, cos I'd worked so hard
    See also coz, cuz
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's such a shame coz everything else I'm wearing is actually quite nice.
    • Edgar says its ridiculous cos how does one tell time with a watch face so small?
    • This is according to the man who failed to raise the alarm cos he couldn't tell what the problem was.
    • I had to leave my school cos my girlfriend broke up with me.
    • At lunch time I stand by myself in the playground cos none of the children will play with me and if I ask to play with them they say okay and then they ignore me.
    • He came to the studio cos he was interested to hear more of my stuff.
    • I didn't take it off while shopping, coz then I'd have to waste time wrestling back into it.
    • I'm not saying any more at the moment cos as my luck goes, I won't get it.
    • Sorry - can't give much more of a reference at the moment cos I gave my copy to an equally cheerful friend.
    • Just cos it was for charity doesn't mean he couldn't do it properly.
    • I didn't want to turn around and take a pic of the mountain cos that might be deemed ‘rude’.
    • It took us a while to leave coz Clayton had misplaced his keys somewhere and we spent some time looking for them.
    • He reckons I should be able to spot him easily cos he's very tall.
    • I needed to clear my name cos that's my livelihood, for myself and my fans.
    • I'm not sure why I've never called her by name coz it's not like she'd mind.
    • I can only hope for his sake that he wasn't, coz some of the answers he gave were plain awful!
    • Take a look now, coz I'll probably have given it up by the end of the week.
    • I went and sat in the dining room coz the table is big and my desk is too small for that kind of studying.
    • At the moment there's a backlash cos everyone's filming people arguing, spitting and cussing each other.
    • Only look at it if you don't have to be anywhere for hours, coz you won't be able to tear yourself away.
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