| 词汇 | cavalry steak |
| 词源 | cavalry steak. An old army name for the meat of mules and horses. “Army veterinarians who under ordinary circumstances were supposed to care for the health of the pack mules and horses had instead [during the Baatan retreat in World War II] been overseeing their slaughter for ‘cavalry steak.’ ” (Hampton Sides, Ghost Soldiers, 2001). |
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