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bacon

noun
🔊/ˈbeɪkən/
🔊/ˈbeɪkən/
 [uncountable]Idioms
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  1. meat from the back or sides of a pig that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thin slices咸猪肉；熏猪肉
    • a rasher of bacon一片咸猪肉
    • bacon and eggs咸肉和鸡蛋
    • smoked/unsmoked bacon熏制／未熏制的猪肉
    compare gammon, ham, pork see also Canadian bacon
    Extra Examples
    • Fry the bacon until crisp.把熏肉煎至酥脆。
    • I'll have two rashers of bacon and a fried egg.我要两片熏肉和一个煎蛋。
    • A whole side of bacon was hanging from a hook on the ceiling.天花板的钩子上挂着整整一扇咸猪肉。
    Topics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lean
    • streaky
    • back
    • …
    … of bacon
    • bit
    • piece
    • rasher
    • …
    verb + bacon
    • cook
    • fry
    • grill
    • …
    bacon + noun
    • fat
    • grease
    • rind
    • …
    phrases
    • bacon, lettuce and tomato
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from a Germanic word meaning ‘ham, flitch’; related to back.
Idioms
bring home the bacon
  1. (informal) to be successful at something; to earn money for your family to live on成功；挣到养家糊口的钱
    • His friends had all gone to college or were bringing home the bacon.他的朋友都上过大学，或者正在把培根带回家。
    Topics Successc2
save somebody’s bacon/neck
  1. (informal) to rescue somebody from a very difficult situation解救某人摆脱困境
    • He's out to save his own political neck.他在试图挽救自己的政治前途。