mincemeat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mince·meat /ˈmɪns-miːt/ noun [uncountable] 1. DFFa mixture of dried fruits that you use to make sweet dishes 百果馅〔由干果混合而成，用于制作甜点〕2 make mincemeat of somebody/something informalBEAT/DEFEAT to completely defeat someone in an argument, fight, or game 〔在辩论、战斗或比赛中〕彻底驳倒[击败]某人/某事物 I knew that a good lawyer would make mincemeat of him if I allowed him to give evidence. 我知道，我要是让他来作证，好的律师会把他驳得体无完肤。
Examples from the Corpus
mincemeat• She also wants a mincemeat cookie recipe which she saw in a cookbook some 30 years ago.• A specially good recipe within my family is the combination of fresh pineapple cubes with fruit mincemeat.• She insisted on him staying through my visit, and he made mincemeat of my arguments.• This book makes mincemeat of the idea that Reagan was a dunce, amiable or otherwise.• As a pie filling it is rich and dark without the cloying and heavy qualities of mincemeat.• In winter I fill them with a rich and succulent mincemeat mixture.• Stir the brandy into the mincemeat and spoon on to cases.mince·meat nounChineseSyllable
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mincemeat
mince‧meat /ˈmɪns-miːt/
noun [uncountable]
1. a mixture of dried fruits that you use to make sweet dishes
2. make mincemeat of somebody/something informal to completely defeat someone in an argument, fight, or game:
I knew that a good lawyer would make mincemeat of him if I allowed him to give evidence.
mince‧meat /ˈmɪns-miːt/
noun [uncountable]1. a mixture of dried fruits that you use to make sweet dishes
2. make mincemeat of somebody/something informal to completely defeat someone in an argument, fight, or game:
