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hardtack

/hahrd-tak/US // ˈhɑrdˌtæk //UK // (ˈhɑːdˌtæk) //

硬饼干,硬饼,硬糖,硬纸片

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.

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Examples

  • For one, I’ll be sure to opt in for my workplace’s dental plan if I plan before eating hardtack again.

  • That left rations, which the player’s manual says “consist of dry foods suitable for extended travel, including jerky, dried fruit, hardtack, and nuts.”

  • We made it back to the campsite in time for lunch, and attempted to eat a few bites of hardtack but gave up before we chipped a tooth.

  • A small keg, or breaker, was thrown overboard and picked up, with a bag of fifteen or twenty pounds of hardtack.

  • "It might be," said Shorty, with visions of distributing hardtack to the hungry boys warping his judgment.

  • Just then Jacks came to the opening of the notch, and set down a tin cup of coffee and a plate of soaked hardtack and fried bacon.

  • "We give both hands full—coffee, sugar, hardtack," and Bruce illustrated as he spoke.

  • In ten minutes, with coffee, sugar and hardtack in their hands, the sergeant and his comrades were back at the front.