Skewer

(noun.) a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted.

(verb.) drive a skewer through; 'skewer the meat for the BBQ'.

编辑:米兰达

• So he carried it to his house, and, putting a long skewer through the piece, he hung it high above the fire in his open hearth, to dry it off before he should wish to roast it. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He could make a boat out of anything, from a skewer upwards. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Till the middle of the sixteenth century the poorer class in England used rude skewers of wood, while the more fortunate had pins made of gold, silver and brass. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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