sweetbread

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sweet·bread /ˈswiːtbred/ noun [countable usually plural] DFFmeat from the pancreas of a young sheep or cow 〔从小羊或小牛身上取下供食用的〕胰脏

Examples from the Corpus

sweetbread• With talk of sweetbreads and liver and fillet she captivated him - I couldn't quite see how she did it.

sweet·bread nounChineseSyllable

young from a the pancreas of Corpus meat sheep

sweetbread
sweet‧bread /ˈswiːtbred/

noun [countable usually plural]
meat from the pancreas of a young sheep or cow

sweet·bread

BrE

/ˈswiːtbred/

NAmE

/ˈswiːtbred/

noun

[usually plural]

the

or the

(= an organ in the neck)

or the

(= an organ near the stomach)

of a young cow or sheep, eaten as food （食用的小牛或羊的）胸腺，胰脏