baste: There are two separate verbs baste in English, one meaning ‘sew loosely’ [14], the other ‘moisten roasting meat with fat’ [15]. The first comes from Old French bastir, which was acquired from a hypothetical Germanic *bastjan ‘join together with bast’. This was a derivative of *bastaz, from which English gets bast ‘plant fibre’ [OE]. The origin of the second is far more obscure. It may come from an earlier base, with the past form based being interpreted as the present tense or infinitive.
baste (v.1)
"sew together loosely," c. 1400, from Old French bastir "build, construct, sew up (a garment), baste, make, prepare, arrange" (12c., Modern French bâtir "to build"), probably from Frankish or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *bastjan "join together with bast" (source also of Old High German besten; see bast).
baste (v.2)
"to soak in gravy, moisten," late 14c., of unknown origin, possibly from Old French basser "to moisten, soak," from bassin "basin" (see basin). Related: Basted; basting.
baste (v.3)
"beat, thrash," 1530s, perhaps from the cookery sense of baste (v.2) or from some Scandinavian source (such as Swedish basa "to beat, flog," bösta "to thump") akin to Old Norse beysta "to beat," and related to Old English beatan (see beat (v.)).
实用例句
1. Turn the shanks and baste them once or twice as they cook.
将小腿肉翻一下，烹调时在上面抹一两次油。
来自柯林斯例句
2. If he's rude to me again, I'll baste his coat.
如果他再对我无礼的话, 我就要揍他了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The paper baste the candidate for irresponsible statement.
该报公开指责候选人作不负责任的声明.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Baste it once, turn it over and cook it for 20 more minutes.
涂上油, 翻一下,然后烤20分钟.
来自电影对白
5. Bake for 1 hour at 350 Uncover and baste again with milk.
