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- Cookery of the highest class【烹】一流的:
a cordon bleu chef.
一流厨师。
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- postpositive denoting a dish consisting of an escalope of veal or chicken rolled, filled with cheese and ham, and then fried in breadcrumbs(包有奶酪和火腿的)裹面包屑炸牛肉(或鸡肉)卷的。
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- a cook of the highest class一流厨师。
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cordon-bleu
(亦作 cordon-bleu finch)(pl. cordon-bleus) an African waxbill that is popular as a cage bird. The male has a blue face, breast, and tail, a brown back, and a red bill.蓝饰雀。
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- Genus Uraeginthus, family Estrildidae: three species蓝饰雀属, 梅花雀科; 3种。
词源
mid 18th cent. (as a noun, often specifically denoting a first-class cook): French, literally 'blue ribbon'. The blue ribbon once signified the highest order of chivalry in the reign of the Bourbon kings.