Churn

[tʃɜːn] or [tʃɝn]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk.

(verb.) stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter.

(verb.) be agitated; 'the sea was churning in the storm'.

校對:鲁珀特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

(v. t.) To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.

(v. t.) To shake or agitate with violence.

(v. i.) To perform the operation of churning.

整理:奥蒂斯

解釋/意思:

n. a machine used for the production of butter from cream or from whole milk.—v.t. to agitate cream so as to obtain butter.—v.i. to perform the act of churning.—ns. Churn′-drill a drill worked by hand not struck with the hammer a jumper; Churn′ing the act of making butter: the quantity of butter made at once; Churn′-staff the plunger used in an upright churn: the sun-spurge.

整理:薇尔玛