barbecue: [17] Barbecue originated in the language of the now extinct Taino people of the West Indies. It first emerges in the Haitian creole term barbacoa, which meant simply ‘wooden framework’ (used for other purposes than roasting meat – for example, as a bed). American Spanish adopted the word, and passed it on to English. Compare BUCCANEER.
barbecue (n.)
1650s, "framework for grilling meat, fish, etc.," from American Spanish barbacoa, from Arawakan (Haiti) barbakoa "framework of sticks," the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Sense of "outdoor meal of roasted meat or fish as a social entertainment" is from 1733; modern popular noun sense of "grill for cooking over an open fire" is from 1931.
barbecue (v.)
1660s, from barbecue (n.). Related: Barbecued; barbecuing.
雙語例句
1. Don'tspill too much fat on the barbecue as it could flare up.
不要在烤肉上澆太多的油，會燒起來的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The sausages and burgers sizzled on the barbecue.
香腸和牛肉餅在烤架上咝咝作響。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I put another steak on the barbecue.
我在烤架上又放了一塊肉排。
來自《權威詞典》
4. We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.