spatchcock
spatchcock
noun
noun
- a chicken or game bird split open and grilled
剖开并炙烤了的鸡（或野禽）
- [with obj.]split open (a poultry or game bird) ready for grilling
剖开（家禽，野禽）准备炙烤
■(informal, chiefly Brit.)add (a phrase, sentence, clause, etc.) in a context where it is inappropriate
(非正式，主英)（不适当的）插入（短语，句子，从句等）
a new clause has been spatchcocked into the Bill.
议案里添加了一条不太恰当的新条款。
- late 18th cent. (originally an Irish usage): perhaps related to the noun dispatch + cock, but compare with spitchcock
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