Flour

['flaʊə] or ['flaʊɚ]

解释:

(noun.) fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain.

(verb.) convert grain into flour.

(verb.) cover with flour; 'flour fish or meat before frying it'.

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解释:

(n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.

(v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.

(v. t.) To sprinkle with flour.

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解释:

n. the finely-ground meal of wheat or other grain: the fine soft powder of any substance.—v.t. to reduce into or sprinkle with flour.—v.i. to break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process.—ns. Flour′-bolt a machine for bolting flour; Flour′-mill a mill for making flour.—adj. Flour′y covered with flour.

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