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cutlet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cut·let /ˈkʌtlɪt/ noun [countable]  1 DFa small flat piece of meat on a bone 〔带骨的〕肉排 a lamb cutlet 羊排2. vegetable/nut etc cutlet British EnglishDFF small pieces of vegetables, nuts etc that are pressed together into a flat piece and cooked 炸蔬菜饼/炸干果饼等
Examples from the Corpus
cutletUncle Sammler, would you join me for a cutlet?Fish Conger eel: buy cutlets.Loi caught a splendid dorado to provide juicy fresh fish cutlets.We begin with the nut cutlets of a vegetarian household where Harriet and Vesey meet as adolescents.Stubb orders him to prepare cutlets the next night.The quails and the cutlets were safe.He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air.turkey cutletsHe needs breaded veal cutlets as well.
Origin cutlet (1700-1800) French côtelette, from Old French coste rib, side; influenced by cut
cut·let nounChineseSyllable
Corpus meat a of piece a on small flat bone


cutlet
cutlet /ˈkʌtlət, ˈkʌtlɪt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: French
 Origin: côtelette, from Old French coste 'rib, side'; influenced by cut
1. a small flat piece of meat on a bone:
    a lamb cutlet
2. vegetable/nut etc cutlet British English small pieces of vegetables, nuts etc that are pressed together into a flat piece and cooked


cut·letBrE /ˈkʌtlət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌtlət/ 🔊 nouna thick slice of meat, especially lamb or pork (= meat from a pig), that is cooked and served with the bone still attached 厚肉片;(尤指羊或猪)肉排 (in compounds 构成复合词) finely chopped pieces of meat, fish, vegetables, etc. that are pressed together into a flat piece, covered with breadcrumbs and cooked (肉、鱼肉、蔬菜等剁碎后外裹面包屑做成的)炸饼nut cutlets果仁炸饼