"ritually fit or pure" (especially of food), 1851, from Yiddish kosher, from Hebrew kasher "fit, proper, lawful," from base of kasher "was suitable, proper." Generalized sense of "correct, legitimate" is from 1896.
雙語例句
1. Acting was not a kosher trade for an upper-class girl.
演戲對一個出身上流社會的女孩兒來說不是個合適的職業。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I guessed something wasn't quite kosher.
我覺得有點不對勁兒。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Their business deals are not always completely kosher.