词源

源自中古法語 (“某物”)。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈkɪk.ʃɔː/

名词

(複數)

1. 美味，佳肴
   • c. 1596–1599, , “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (), London: Printed by , and , 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]，頁號 96，列號 1:

     Some Pigeons Davy, a couple of ſhort-legg'd Hennes: a / ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kickſhawes, / tell William Cooke.

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   • 1820, , Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts，頁號 39:

     Allow me now to recommend this dish— / A simple kickshaw by your Persian cook, / Such as is served at the great King’s second table.

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   • 1886, , “The Early Englishman and His Food”, 出自 Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine, 出版於 1902:

     The "Penny Magazine" for 1842 has a good and suggestive paper on "Feasts and Entertainments," with extracts from some of the early dramatists and a woodcut of "a new French cook, to devise fine kickshaws and toys."

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   • 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt:

     The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.

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2. 玩意儿，东西
   • c. 1601–1602 （写稿日期）, , “ [第十二夜]”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (（）), 伦敦: […] Isaac Iaggard和Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]，頁號 257，列號 1:

     Art thou good at theſe kicke-chawſes Knight?

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延伸阅读

• “kickshaw”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.