| 单词 | sweetbread |
| 释义 | sweetbread noun[Cusually plural] uk/ˈswiːt.bred/us/ˈswiːt.bred/thepancreas(=organnear thestomach)of ayoungsheeporcow, used asfood （供食用的牛羊的）胰脏，杂碎Organs eaten as meat
Examplesofsweetbreadsweetbread It means such pleasant things assweetbreadand chilled tongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are to pay the tax, why are sweetbreads, used for insulin, allowed to come in free from duty? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Banting was able to isolate the substance which, given off by the pancreas (orsweetbreadas we know it), absorbs the sugar in the body. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The wordsweetbreadis first attested in the 16th century, but the etymology of the name is unclear. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They have been referred to as poor man'ssweetbreaddue to their texture and flavor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The stepmother feigned illness and told the king that she needed thesweetbreadfrom the red calf. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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