2012_05_01 Ort n. 一口食物废料 A scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Word of the Day for Tuesday, May  1, 2012
ort \awrt\, noun:
A scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
She continued and enjoyed every tender morsel. There wasn't even an ort left on the plate.
 -- Jack Collins, The Polyandrist Murders: Book 1 Of 2
They fed her on the orts and ends, a little better than the dog, and a little worse than the cat.
 -- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Charles's programs didn't turn up anything?” “Not an ort.” “ Wow. You think they might be dead?
 -- Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man
Ort is related to the Old English word eten meaning "to eat."
一口食物废料或留在一顿饭。

她继续享受每一个投标一口。甚至没有盘上留下了ORT。
- 杰克柯林斯，Polyandrist的谋杀案：书12

他们给她的残羹剩饭和结束，比狗好一点，稍微比猫差。
- 雨果“悲惨世界”

“查尔斯的计划没有打开吗？”不是一个ORT。“”哇。你认为他们可能会死吗？
- 沃尔特·莫斯利，我所做的就是拍我的男人

ORT与旧的英文单词埃滕意义“吃”。