sweetbread的词源

英文词源

sweetbreadyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
sweetbread: see pancreas
sweetbread (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"pancreas of an animal used as food" 1560s, from sweet (adj.); the -bread element may be from Old English bræd "flesh."

中文词源

sweetbread:小牛或羊的胸腺,胰脏

sweet,甜的,-bread,可能来自古英语 brede,烤肉,词源同 breed,brood.用于指可食的动物内脏。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版:sweetbread 词源,sweetbread 含义。