foie gras
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++foie gras /ˌfwɑː ˈɡrɑː/ noun [uncountable] DFFa smooth food made from the liver of a goose 鹅肝酱
Examples from the Corpus
foie gras• Perhaps lack of guilt, rather than lots of wine and foie gras, accounts for most of the difference.• Pate de foie gras to the sound of trumpets?• Happily there was no pâté de foie gras to alarm her and certainly no truffles to cook.• Next enjoy foie gras and sweetbreads, followed by a selection of sumptuous cheeses.• Medical researchers have found a low incidence of coronary heart disease in Toulouse, the capital of foie gras.• This creation cost 2s. 6d., the foie gras 4s.• Of his dishes, they recommended lobster with coriander, loup de mer, and pigeon with foie gras and truffles.• He orders ravioli with foie gras and white truffle shavings.Origin foie gras (1800-1900) French “fat liver”foie gras nounChinese
smooth the liver food a made from Corpus
foie gras
foie gras /ˌfwɑː ˈɡrɑː/
noun [uncountable]
foie gras /ˌfwɑː ˈɡrɑː/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: 'fat liver'
a smooth food made from the liver of a goose
Language: French
Origin: 'fat liver'