核心畫面
You can picture cream as the rich, thick part that rises to the top of milk — the smoothest, fattest layer. From that one image the word fans out: its pale colour, smooth cream-like substances you rub on skin, the 'top layer' meaning best of a group, the cooking action of beating things smooth, and a 'hit/beat hard' that pictures pounding something into a smooth pulp.
可以想成 cream 是牛奶靜置後浮到最上層的那一層——最濃、最滑、油脂最多的精華。整個字都從這個畫面散開:它的顏色…更多收起
可以想成 cream 是牛奶靜置後浮到最上層的那一層——最濃、最滑、油脂最多的精華。整個字都從這個畫面散開:它的顏色(奶油色)、像奶油一樣滑的塗抹物(乳霜、藥膏)、「最上層=最頂尖」的引申,以及廚房裡「攪打到滑順」的動作;連俚語裡「狠狠打趴」也帶著把對方打成一灘糊的味道。原始詞典資料23 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
creamnoun/kɹiːm/
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The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…
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The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- You may have noticed that any time that filling is mentioned on Oreo packaging, it's called "creme." This is no typo. Technically, the creamy filling inside an Oreo is not cream at all: The recipe used actually contains no dairy; as such, the FDA prohibits Nabisco from labeling the product as "cream."
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The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
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The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- I take my coffee with two cream and three sugar.
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A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
- Hundreds of examples remain, still following the same general pattern—maroon, green or chocolate brown, for example, from ground to waist level, then a stale Cheddar cheese shade of cream above.
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informalFrosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.
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A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of
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The best part of something.
- the cream of the crop
- the cream of a collection of books or pictures
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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medicinesciencesA viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
- You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream.
- In vain she tries her paste and creams, / To smooth her skin or hide its seams.
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vulgarslangSemen.
- 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!! (novel), Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., →ISBN, page 155, He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream.
- He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.
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obsoleteThe chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
- there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.
creamadj/kɹiːm/
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Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
creamverb/kɹiːm/
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To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.
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To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.
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slangTo obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- We creamed the opposing team!
- First up, the Hungarian election, where Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz Party got absolutely creamed.
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vulgarslangTo ejaculate or become wet (used of either gender).
- Danny Zuko: You are supreme / The chicks’ll cream / For grease lightning.
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vulgarslangTo be very enthusiastic about or attracted to something (used especially of women).
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vulgarslangTo ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
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cookingfoodlifestyleTo rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
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To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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To take off the best or choicest part of.
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To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- Please cream these two coffees and leave the others black.
- creaming the fragrant cups
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To gather or form cream.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。