亚洲网紅露点

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French

1

[ french ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of France or its inhabitants, language, or culture:

    French cooking.



noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) the people of France collectively:

    Philosophies advanced by the French during the Age of Reason profoundly influenced the American Founding Fathers.

  2. a Romance language spoken in France, parts of Belgium and Switzerland, and in areas colonized after 1500 by France. : F, Fr.

verb (used with object)

  1. (often lowercase) to prepare (food) according to a French method.
  2. (often lowercase) to cut (snap beans) into slivers or thin strips before cooking.
  3. (often lowercase) to trim the meat from the end of (a rib chop or chicken breast with attached wing):

    For this recipe, the chops on the rack of lamb are Frenched about an inch. To french a chicken breast, scrape down the meat on the wing to expose the bone.

  4. (often lowercase) to prepare (meat) for cooking by slicing it into strips and pounding.
  5. Slang. to short-sheet (a bed).
  6. (often lowercase) Slang. to give (someone) a French kiss:

    Her parents found her frenching her boyfriend on the porch swing after curfew.

  7. (often lowercase) Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on.

French

2

[ french ]

noun

  1. Alice Octave Thanet, 1850鈥1934, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  2. Daniel Chester, 1850鈥1931, U.S. sculptor.
  3. Sir John Den路ton Pink路stone [den, -tn-, pingk, -stohn, -st, uh, n], 1st Earl of Ypres, 1852鈥1925, English field marshal in World War I.
  4. Marilyn, 1929鈥2009, U.S. novelist and nonfiction writer.

French

1

/ 蹿谤蓻苍迟蕛 /

noun

  1. the official language of France: also an official language of Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, and certain other countries. It is the native language of approximately 70 million people; also used for diplomacy. Historically, French is an Indo-European language belonging to the Romance group See also Old French Anglo-French
  2. the French
    functioning as plural the natives, citizens, or inhabitants of France collectively
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. relating to, denoting, or characteristic of France, the French, or their language Franco-Gallo-
  2. (in Canada) of or relating to French Canadians
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

French

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/ 蹿谤蓻苍迟蕛 /

noun

  1. FrenchSir John Denton Pinkstone, 1st Earl of Ypres18521925MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: administrator Sir John Denton Pinkstone , 1st Earl of Ypres. 1852鈥1925, British field marshal in World War I: commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium (1914鈥15); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1918鈥21)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞贵谤别苍肠丑苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 贵谤别苍肠丑顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of French1

First recorded before 1150; Middle English Frennsce, Frensh, French, from Old English Frencisc; Frank, -ish 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of French1

Old English Frencisc French, Frankish; see Frank
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. excuse / pardon one's French, (used to excuse or apologize for the use of vulgarity):

    Pardon my French鈥擨 didn鈥檛 realize there were ladies present.

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Example Sentences

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In those circumstances, however, the French champions may just find that approach to their liking.

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Vietnam was a French colony, a Chinese vassal and for 20 years, the proxy battlefield in America's bloody struggle to stop China spreading communism across South East Asia.

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The issue appears to relate to two separate connection problems in the south west within moments of each other and then a disconnection from the French network for almost an hour.

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The French even refer to an additional phase - the preparation of the final pass - which sits between construction and finishing.

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Since 13 April, the French government said there had been at least 65 recorded attacks against prisons or prison staff, Le Figaro reported.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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