| 词汇 | hardtack |
| 释义 | hardtack noun[ U ] uk /ˈhɑːd.tæk/ us /ˈhɑːrd.tæk/ a kind of biscuit made from flour and water and previously eaten especially by sailors and soldiers: 压缩饼干 Hardtack was ideal for long sea voyages as it would remain edible for a very long time. Hardtack is so dry and hard that you really need to dip it in something or soften it in a pan with some fat.压缩饼干又干又硬，需要蘸着吃，或者在锅里放油把它弄软。 The cook added some salt into the hardtack to make it a bit more palatable. It's not known when people first started making hardtack, but it was certainly many centuries ago. Biscuits amaretto animal cracker Anzac biscuit baked goods bannock cream cracker crispbread crumb custard cream digestive misshape oatcake oyster cracker pastry pignoli snickerdoodle soda cracker sponge finger sports bar Toll House Cookie Examples of hardtackhardtack Perhaps the deportees previously received ordinary bread rations that went bad during the journey, whereas hardtack was supposed to keep well. They were confined to the engine-room and stokehold, which were battened down, living on sodden hardtack and raw stockfish. Even in the field to-day soldiers do not get what used to be called "hardtack" unless in exceptional circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Extensive materiel, coal, and food storage facilities were built, as well as a hardtack baking factory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hardtack biscuits were baked for long voyages and soft anchor bread for those on shore duty. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This was supplemented by hard chocolate, 14 ounces of hard bread or hardtack biscuits, coffee, and sugar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fresh bread could be replaced by hardtack, made by civilian bakeries and kept in storage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because it is so hard and dry, hardtack (when properly stored and transported) will survive rough handling and temperature extremes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Four-fifths of the food on the ship consisted of just two items- wine and hardtack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The food however was very poor, including hardtack, rice and bully beef, some of which had become rancid and sickening many men. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For long voyages, hardtack was baked four times, rather than the more common two, and prepared six months before sailing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The most important of these was to guarantee free daily rations for the soldiers, amounting to two pounds of bread or hardtack a day. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hardtack, an army food staple, was usually despised by the men who were forced to eat it on a constant basis. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Large amounts of fresh water and food (usually salted meat and sea biscuits or hardtack) were required for the trip. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With insect infestation common in improperly stored provisions, soldiers would break up the hardtack and drop it into their morning coffee. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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