meat from the back or sides of a pig that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thin slices 咸猪肉；熏猪肉 a rasher of bacon 一片咸猪肉 bacon and eggs 咸肉和鸡蛋 smoked/unsmoked bacon 熏制／未熏制的猪肉
Extra ExamplesTopics Foodb1Fry the bacon until crisp. 把熏肉煎至酥脆。 I'll have two rashers of bacon and a fried egg. 我要两片熏肉和一个煎蛋。 A whole side of bacon was hanging from a hook on the ceiling. 天花板的钩子上挂着整整一扇咸猪肉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lean
- streaky
- back
- …
- bit
- piece
- rasher
- …
- cook
- fry
- grill
- …
- fat
- grease
- rind
- …
- bacon, lettuce and tomato
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from a Germanic word meaning ‘ham, flitch’; related to back.
Idioms
bring home the bacon
- (informal)
to be successful at something; to earn money for your family to live on 成功；挣到养家糊口的钱 His friends had all gone to college or were bringing home the bacon. 他的朋友都上了大学，或者正在养家糊口。
save somebody’s bacon/neck
- (informal)
to rescue somebody from a very difficult situation 解救某人摆脱困境 He's out to save his own political neck. 他在试图挽救自己的政治前途。