英和和英

固有名詞

Breville (plural Brevilles)

1. A surname from French.

統計情報

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Breville is the 204970 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 98 individuals.

名詞

Breville (plural Brevilles)

1. (UK, genericized trademark) A sandwich toaster; toastie maker.
   • 2001 07, Waitrose Food Illustrated:

     Katie Barrett rabbits on about 'mixing my toasties'. It was a revelation to me that you could cook an egg sarnie in a Breville.

   • 2013 September 30, Mark Davies, My nightmare: Two terrible years of my life, Booktango, →ISBN:

     One of these was Ronnie, the bible basher who had been transferred to another unit for fighting (he had swung a breville at another prisoners head but fortunately without too much damage).

2. A toasted sandwich (toastie)
   • 2010 October 15, Bee Wilson, Sandwich: A Global History, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 126:

     Toasties (Brevilles, Jaffles etc.) COMPOSITION : Any filling imaginable ( from cheese and pickles to banana and Nutella ) sandwiched and toasted between two slices of bread.

   • 2018 May 17, Max Halley, Ben Benton, Max's Sandwich Book: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Perfection Between Two Slices of Bread, Bonnier Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 77:

     And just so we are clear, these are Brevilles, not some sourdough, fried in a pan bollocks.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Breville”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225.
• Forebears