Scallop

(noun.) edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions.

(noun.) edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces.

(noun.) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.).

(verb.) shape or cut in scallops; 'scallop the hem of the dress'.

(verb.) fish for scallops.

(verb.) form scallops in; 'scallop the meat'.

(verb.) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top.

(verb.) decorate an edge with scallops; 'the dress had a scalloped skirt'.

整理:帕斯夸里

• By the scallop-shell of Compostella, I will make a martyr of him, if he loiters here to hatch treason among my domestics! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

录入:卢