mutton
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 羊肉
演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
- (often qualified with the type) The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
- (archaic) A sheep.
- (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
- (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.
- (historical) An old Anglo-French gold