cocotte
/kɒˈkɒt/noun
1
- (一般作en cocotte /ɒnkɒˈkɒt/ )a heatproof dish or small casserole in which individual portions of food can be both cooked and served(既可作烧锅, 也可作单人就餐盘的)隔热盘(或小烧锅)。
- ORIGIN: early 20th cent.: from French cocasse, from Latin cucuma 'cooking container'.
2
- dated a fashionable prostitute〈旧〉上流社会的娼妓; 高级妓女。
- ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.: French, from a child's name for a hen.