Cream
[kriːm] or [krim]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin.
(noun.) the part of milk containing the butterfat.
(noun.) the best people or things in a group; 'the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War'.
(verb.) add cream to one's coffee, for example.
(verb.) put on cream, as on one's face or body; 'She creams her face every night'.
(verb.) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; 'We licked the other team on Sunday!'.
(verb.) make creamy by beating; 'Cream the butter'.
黛博拉編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.
(n.) The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.
(n.) A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
(n.) A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
(n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.
(v. t.) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
(v. t.) To take off the best or choicest part of.
(v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, cream.
(v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.
布雷迪錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Choice part, best part.
手打:莱曼
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Marrow, pith, gist, acme
ANT:Refuse, offal, dregs, dross, garbage
汉克整理
解釋/意思:
n. the oily substance which forms on milk yielding butter when churned: the best part of anything: any cream-like preparation as cold cream for the skin &c. or any dish largely made of cream or like cream as chocolate-cream ice-cream whipped-cream &c.—v.t. to take off the cream.—v.i. to gather or form cream.—ns. Cream′-cake a kind of cake filled with custard made of cream &c.; Cream′-cheese cheese made of cream.—adj. Cream′-col′oured of the colour of cream light yellow.—n. Cream′ery an establishment where butter and cheese are made from the milk supplied by a number of producers: a shop for milk butter &c.—adj. Cream′-faced pale-faced.—ns. Cream′-fruit the fruit of a creeping West African plant of the dogbane family yielding a cream-like juice; Cream′iness.—adj. Cream′-laid of a cream-colour and laid or bearing linear water-lines as if laid.—ns. Cream′-nut the Brazil nut; Cream′-slice a wooden blade for skimming cream from milk.—adjs. Cream′-wove woven of a cream-colour; Cream′y full of or like cream: gathering like cream.—Cream of tartar a white crystalline compound made by purifying argol bitartrate of potash.
简錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of seeing cream served, denotes that you will be associated with wealth if you are engaged in business other than farming. To the farmer, it indicates fine crops and pleasant family relations. To drink cream yourself, denotes immediate good fortune. To lovers, this is a happy omen, as they will soon be united.
伯尼編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Do you put cayenne into your cream-tarts in India, sir? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- These experiments and these testimonies prove conclusively that this compound will preserve cream. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- He therefore concluded that the stored-up fat in the animal was then converted into cream, and that it was practicable, therefore, to convert beef fat into butter fat. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Try lower down, and pick those that have no thorns, said Amy, gathering three of the tiny cream-colored ones that starred the wall behind her. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- They all appear to be adhesive, and there is a distinct odour of lime-cream. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Laurie took Amy to drive, which was a deed of charity, for the sour cream seemed to have had a bad effect upon her temper. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It was a modern building, without distinctive character, but many-windowed, and pleasantly balconied up its wide cream-coloured front. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
整理:洛厄尔