mutton

Word family adjectivemuttonymuttonheadednounmuttonheadmutton

Related topics: Food, dish

mut·ton /ˈmʌtn/ noun

1. [uncountableU]DFF the meat from a sheep 羊肉 → lamb

2. mutton dressed as lamb British EnglishBrEINSULTWEAR CLOTHES used to describe, in a disapproving way, someone who is wearing clothes that are usually worn by younger people 老来俏，装嫩的人

Examples from the Corpus

mutton• Veal and mutton too have decreased in per capita consumption during the past five years.• Baked in a kiln at the old corn mill, the filling was made from mutton and fowl.• The novices empty vats of mutton scraps into the dustbins and pack them down with their bare hands.• He had eaten roast mutton and apple charlotte.• He therefore ordered an early dinner of roast mutton to be served in his quarters at three o'clock that afternoon.• Imagine an entire nation of people missing their mutton.• Classifications of sheep are lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton.• Older carcasses are described as lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton.

Origin mutton

(1200-1300) Old French moton “(male) sheep”

词汇	mutton
释义	mutton Word family adjectivemuttonymuttonheadednounmuttonheadmutton Related topics: Food, dish mut·ton /ˈmʌtn/ noun 1. [uncountableU]DFF the meat from a sheep 羊肉 → lamb 2. mutton dressed as lamb British EnglishBrEINSULTWEAR CLOTHES used to describe, in a disapproving way, someone who is wearing clothes that are usually worn by younger people 老来俏，装嫩的人 Examples from the Corpus mutton• Veal and mutton too have decreased in per capita consumption during the past five years.• Baked in a kiln at the old corn mill, the filling was made from mutton and fowl.• The novices empty vats of mutton scraps into the dustbins and pack them down with their bare hands.• He had eaten roast mutton and apple charlotte.• He therefore ordered an early dinner of roast mutton to be served in his quarters at three o'clock that afternoon.• Imagine an entire nation of people missing their mutton.• Classifications of sheep are lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton.• Older carcasses are described as lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton. Origin mutton (1200-1300) Old French moton “(male) sheep”
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