kosher

adjective
🔊/ˈkəʊʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈkəʊʃər/
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  1. (of food食物) prepared according to the rules of Jewish law合礼的(合乎犹太教教规及礼仪要求的)
    • a kosher meal犹太餐
    • a kosher butcher/restaurant (= one that prepares or serves this food).犹太屠夫/餐厅。
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2, Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • strictly
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  2. (informal) honest or legal诚实的;合法的
    • Their business deals are not always completely kosher.他们的商业活动并不总是光明正大的。🔊🔊
    • It all seems kosher enough.好像都很诚实。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • fully
    • perfectly
    • quite
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  3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Hebrew kāšēr ‘proper’.