flitch
noun [ C ] uk/flɪtʃ/ us/flɪtʃ/
(BACON)
腌熏猪肋条肉
a piece of meat consisting of the side of a pig, made into bacon (= preserved meat)
There were two flitches of bacon hanging in the chimney. 近壁炉的地方挂着两条腌熏猪肋条肉。
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- The old bacon lofts still have the bars and hooks where the flitches were hung to smoke.
- Displayed in the shop are flitches of bacon, clusters of garlic, shiny tomatoes, home-baked bread.
- UK The pub is famous for offering a "flitch", or side of bacon, every Whit Monday to any married couple who can prove they haven't quarrelled during the past year.
- The hams are salted for four months and the bacon flitches for three weeks.
(WOOD)
从树杆上切下来的一块厚木板
a thick, flat piece of wood cut from the trunk (= main part) of a tree
A carpenter sat in front of me, hand planing a flitch of timber. 一个木匠坐在我面前，手工刨着一块木板。
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- Flitches are unfinished planks that need to be trimmed.
- We sell lumber as flitches cut from the same tree.