defrog

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To rid of frogs. nonce-word,transitive
    — Back in 1778, the citizens of Boston gave a banquet in honor of the French admiral, D'Estainge, who had recently arrived in New England to help the Americans in their war effort. The chef, hearing that the French considered frog a delicacy, went out and defrogged every pond in the city. He served them in a specially prepared cold soup — live.

词形变化

defrogs present,singular,third-person defrogging participle,present defrogged participle,past defrogged past

词源

From de- + frog.
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