单词 | pulp |
释义 | pulp (pʌlp ) Word forms: pulps , pulping , pulped 1. singular noun If an object is pressed into a pulp, it is crushed or beaten until it is soft, smooth, and wet. The olives are crushed to a pulp by stone rollers. Synonyms: paste, mash, pap, mush 2. singular noun In fruit or vegetables, the pulp is the soft part inside the skin. Make maximum use of the whole fruit, including the pulp which is high in fibre. Synonyms: flesh, meat, marrow, soft part 3. uncountable noun Wood pulp is material made from crushed wood. It is used to make paper. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] People refer to stories or novels as pulp fiction when they consider them to be of poor quality and intentionally shocking or sensational. ...lurid '50s pulp novels. 5. verb [usually passive] If paper, vegetables, or fruit are pulped, they are crushed into a smooth, wet paste. Onions can be boiled and pulped to a puree. [be VERB-ed] ...creamed or pulped tomatoes. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: crush, squash, mash, pulverize 6. verb [usually passive] If money or documents are pulped, they are destroyed. This is done to stop the money being used or to stop the documents being seen by the public. Millions of five pound notes have been pulped because the designers made a mistake. [be VERB-ed] 7. beat someone to a pulp phrase If someone is beaten to a pulp or beaten to pulp, they are hit repeatedly until they are very badly injured. Idioms: beat someone to a pulp or beat someone to pulp to injure someone very badly by hitting them repeatedly Motorists were pulled from their cars, beaten and kicked to a pulp, and left to die in the road. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: fruit pulp Bring sugar, water and passion fruit pulp to boil. Times, Sunday Times Scoop over fresh passion fruit pulp to serve. The Sun Add the butter and passion fruit pulp and gently fold through to combine. Times, Sunday Times Put the fruit pulp, butter, sugar and lemon juice in a heatproof bowl that fits the top of a saucepan. Times, Sunday Times If they take rowan berries, they treat them in the same way, rolling the fruit pulp off and discarding it. Times, Sunday Times Reserve 2 tbsp of the orange pulp for the icing and put the rest back in the processor. Times, Sunday Times It's good to have a bit of orange pulp in the liquid, but make sure there are no remnants of white pith. Times, Sunday Times Cakes made using mealie meal can sometimes be quite gritty, but this one was deliciously moist, as the orange pulp had blended well with the grain softening it. ST Birds eat the fruit; helping to remove the orange pulp which contains a growth inhibitor that otherwise slows germination of the seeds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The orange pulp might be edible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 浆, 低俗 Japanese: どろどろしたもの, 低俗な |
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