barbecue: [17] Barbecue originated in the language of the now extinct Taino people of the West Indies. It first emerges in the Haitian creole term barbacoa, which meant simply ‘wooden framework’ (used for other purposes than roasting meat – for example, as a bed). American Spanish adopted the word, and passed it on to English. Compare BUCCANEER.
barbecue (n.)
1650s, "framework for grilling meat, fish, etc.," from American Spanish barbacoa, from Arawakan (Haiti) barbakoa "framework of sticks," the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Sense of "outdoor meal of roasted meat or fish as a social entertainment" is from 1733; modern popular noun sense of "grill for cooking over an open fire" is from 1931.
barbecue (v.)
1660s, from barbecue (n.). Related: Barbecued; barbecuing.
实用例句
1. Don'tspill too much fat on the barbecue as it could flare up.
不要在烤肉上浇太多的油，会烧起来的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The sausages and burgers sizzled on the barbecue.
香肠和牛肉饼在烤架上咝咝作响。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I put another steak on the barbecue.
我在烤架上又放了一块肉排。
来自《权威词典》
4. We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.