蒸烤成型的甜布丁
核心畫面加上甜的內容物、加上熱氣：最典型的英式那一種。
hot pudding · noun · B1
A hot sweet dish made from cake, rice, bread or something similar, with fruit, milk, sugar or other sweet things added, and then baked or steamed.
熱甜布丁
核心畫面
One way to picture it: a soft mixture packed into a dish or cloth and cooked until it sets — what goes in can be sweet or savoury; the word names the form, not the flavour.
把一團糊狀或麵糊狀的東西裝進碗、模子或布袋裡，蒸或烤到定型，再整個端出來。重點在「形式」而不在「味道」——裝進去的可…更多收起
把一團糊狀或麵糊狀的東西裝進碗、模子或布袋裡，蒸或烤到定型，再整個端出來。重點在「形式」而不在「味道」——裝進去的可以是甜的（糖、水果、牛奶），也可以是鹹的（肉、蔬菜）。這是為什麼一個字會同時蓋到熱甜點、冰涼的奶凍和鹹派：它們共用的是做法和端上桌的樣子。台灣人腦中的「布丁」只對應其中一支，看到 steak and kidney pudding 會很錯亂，就是因為中譯只搬走了甜的那一半。Four branches
冰涼滑順的奶蛋布丁
同樣是煮到定型再吃，只是質地做得很滑、放涼才上，多見於美式說法。
milk pudding · noun · A2
A thick, sweet, creamy food made with milk, eggs, sugar and flour, cooked until it is smooth and then eaten cold, often from a small cup or bowl.
布丁
飯後那一道（英式泛稱）
從一道具體的菜，擴大成整個「甜點時段」的名字——因為以前飯後端上來的常常就是那個布丁。
dessert course · noun · B1
The sweet food that people eat at the end of a meal — it can be any sweet thing, hot or cold, such as ice cream, fruit or cake.
飯後甜點
鹹的那一支
最能證明核心畫面在「形式」而不在「甜」的一支：同樣包起來蒸熟，裡面卻是肉。
savoury pudding · noun · B2
A hot dish that is not sweet, made from a mixture of flour and fat, with meat or vegetables cooked inside it.
鹹布丁
原始詞典資料10 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。
puddingnoun/ˈpʊdɪŋ/
- 1
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.
- The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.
- Steamed and boiled puddings have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire.
- 2
A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
- Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.
- 3
A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
- 4
Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
- Harold Winstanley: Is there any pudding? Doris Winstanley: Oh, yes. Rhubarb cobbler left over from Sunday.
- Jane Cavendish: Have you tried some fresh strawberry cheesecake? Tara Cavendish: Nope. I don't eat puddings.
- 5
A sausage made primarily from blood.
- 6
slangAn overweight person.
- 7
A term of endearment.
- "How is my little pudding?" Jehan nuzzles up to me and rests his little head on my shoulder, still chuckling […]
- 8
slangEntrails.
- I pray God he may recover, though there is little hopes; as there is of Coll Halley, being shott throw the body; and of Capt. Urquhart of Burdyeyeards, being wounded in the belly, after being made prisoner, soe that his puddings hang out.
- PUDDINGS, the guts; I'll let out your puddings.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
- 9
obsoleteAny food or victuals.
- Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
- 10
archaicslangA piece of good fortune.
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。