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fillet

noun
🔊/ˈfɪlɪt/
🔊/fɪˈleɪ/
(also filet especially in North American English)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a piece of meat or fish that has no bones in it无骨肉片；去骨鱼片
    • plaice fillets鲽鱼片
    • a fillet of cod一片鳕鱼
    • fillet steak无骨牛排
    • fillet of beef with a red wine sauce红葡萄酒酱汁牛肉片
    Topics Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fish
    • anchovy
    • cod
    • …
    fillet + noun
    • steak
    • knife
    preposition
    • fillet of
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    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a band worn round the head): from Old French filet ‘thread’, based on Latin filum ‘thread’.

fillet

verb
🔊/ˈfɪlɪt/
🔊/fɪˈleɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fillet
🔊/ˈfɪlɪt/
🔊/fɪˈleɪ/
he / she / it fillets
🔊/ˈfɪlɪts/
🔊/fɪˈleɪs/
past simple filleted
🔊/ˈfɪlɪtɪd/
🔊/fɪˈleɪɪd/
past participle filleted
🔊/ˈfɪlɪtɪd/
🔊/fɪˈleɪɪd/
-ing form filleting
🔊/ˈfɪlɪtɪŋ/
🔊/fɪˈleɪɪŋ/
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  1. fillet something to remove the bones from a piece of fish or meat; to cut fish or meat into fillets剔去（鱼、肉的）骨头；把（鱼、肉）切成片
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a band worn round the head): from Old French filet ‘thread’, based on Latin filum ‘thread’.