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leg-of-mutton

/leg-uh-muht-n, -uhv-/US // ˈlɛg əˈmʌt n, -əv- //

羊腿,羊腿肉,羊肉腿,羊肉串

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the triangular shape of a leg of mutton: leg-of-mutton sail; a dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves.

Examples

  • Cue heartbroken Galavant engorging himself on booze and mutton back home.

  • I did a ten minute scene in his class: the guy who had gangrene in his leg in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

  • Imagine waking up to find a guy who looks like a tech startup employee eating your charred crispy leg.

  • The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.

  • We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.

  • His face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.

  • You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.

  • But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.

  • Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.

  • The Spanish men-of-war, which were always painted white, had their colour changed to dark grey like the American ships.