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plantain-eater

/plan-tin-ee-ter, -tn-/US // ˈplæn tɪnˌi tər, -tn- //

食蕉者,吃芭蕉的人,食蕉人,吃蕉人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various touracos, erroneously believed to feed chiefly on plantains and bananas.

Examples

  • But two things are clear in this tail-eater of a case: First, there seems to be plenty of guilt but hardly a criminal in sight.

  • When it comes to food, are you an adventurous, nose-to-tail kind of eater?

  • It is messy enough to be fork-food for all but the most dexterous eater.

  • The Daily Beast found out with the help of nationally ranked competitive eater Eric ‘Badlands’ Booker.

  • The books on that list are reliably brilliant, and The Pumpkin Eater is no exception.

  • In the old days every great man kept a toad-eater; sometimes his functions were highly paid—Wolff's are, I fancy.

  • The plant from which is made what is called Manila hemp belongs to the same family as the banana and the plantain.

  • We here saw an opium-eater, lying stretched out upon a mat on the floor.

  • The little insect-eater chittered in alarm and dashed off to safety across the highway.

  • Our friend Robert the Eater was one of the communiers sent to Paris three years ago to secure our charter.