- 1棉花糖（軟軟的小方塊，不是棍子上轉出來的那一種）
A marshmallow is a sweet: very soft, very light, usually white or pale pink, and it squashes if you press it. Older recipes used sugar and egg white, like a little . Many packets now use instead of egg white to give that bounce, though some still use egg. People toast marshmallows over a fire until the outside browns, drop them in hot chocolate, or eat them straight from the bag. The name is older than the sweet in the shop. It first belonged to a plant, the marsh , which really does grow in wet ground, and whose root was used to make a soft medicine and, later, a sweet. Though actually, the little cubes you buy now almost never contain that plant at all — they only kept the name.
組成From Old English mersċmealwe, marsh + mallow: named for the mallow plant that grows in marshes.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
marshmallownoun/mɑːʃˈmæləʊ/
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Marsh mallow, a species of mallow, Althaea officinalis, that grows in marshy terrain.
- Our common Marsh Mallows have diverse soft, hoary white stalks rising to be three or four foot high, spreading forth many branches.
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A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been presoftened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency.
- The Disagreeable Girl is a female of the genus homo persuasion, built around a digestive apparatus that possesses marked marshmallow proclivities.
- It was an apple marshmallow sundae, I recollect. I dug my spoon into it with an assumption of gaiety which I was far from feeling.
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Someone who is soft and benign.
- He acts like a total badass, but he's really just a marshmallow once you get to know him.
- You're a marshmallow, Glenn.
marshmallowverb/mɑːʃˈmæləʊ/
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To soften (literally or figuratively).
- For i could still feel her small face in my hands, her lips marshmallowing under the brushing knuckle of my index, the hard press of her capable contoured body.
- He didn't know if touching me meant that I would marshmallow up or if he would have to brace himself for a blow.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。