单词 | curdled |
释义 | curdledadj. 1. a. That is likened to curd or curds; formed into clumps; thickened or hardened. Also: (esp. of positive qualities, faculties, etc.) spoilt or soured. Cf. curdle v. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > coagulated liveryeOE livered?a1300 coagulatec1386 curdya1398 clotteredc1405 curdeda1425 quailed1440 congealed1541 clustereda1547 cloddered1558 clodded1562 cluttered1577 quarry1587 curdled1590 quarred1599 settled1600 clotted1605 coagulated1633 curdly1664 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. F7 His chaunged powres at first them selves not felt, Till crudled cold his corage gan assayle, And chearefull bloud in fayntnes chill did melt. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 Crudl'd fogges masked euen darknesse brow. 1685 H. More Cursory Refl. 10 And yet his strait and narrow Mind hugs her self in This cold and crudled Infidelity. 1786 G. White Jrnl. 13 June (1970) xix. 278 Wavy, curdled clouds..like the remains of thunder. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. vii. 80 Dark curdled clouds..swept on. 1956 Financial Times 29 Feb. 2/7 She is capable of producing ugly, curdled tones and of wobbling disastrously on sustained high notes. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends iii. vi. 334 It was not at all that the McShane children were disappointments. Only Deirdre had turned out curdled, and she at least had married well. 2007 Arts & Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 9 Nov. 6 Gunnery Sergeant Hartman..has the power to stir curdled feelings in us, revulsion and admiration swirling around together and refusing to emulsify. b. Of milk or cream: formed into curd (curd n. 1a); (of a sauce, custard, etc.) that has separated to form soft lumps surrounded by liquid. Also more generally of other liquids (in early use esp. blood): coagulated, congealed.Curdling of foods containing milk or eggs is caused by the clumping of suspended protein molecules to form solids. ΚΠ 1595 E. Spenser Astrophel in Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. F3 With crudled blood and filthie gore deformed. 1676 J. Beaumont in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 733 Fill'd with a milky crudeled substance. 1733 S. Madden Mem. 20th Cent. 500 We had some dishes mix'd up with a sort of curdled milk. 1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 588 Stir in the curdled sauce by degrees until the whole has become very smooth. 1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 86/1 The sick were fed exclusively on curdled milk, and..were put asoak in it. 1960 J. Berger Permanent Red 149 The smooth milky surface of the sky and the curdled paint describing the man's features are held together in unity. 1998 C. Chidgey In Fishbone Church (2000) 19 A bottle of curdled nail polish—Sizzling Coral—lies in the rose bed, next to an empty pot of Maximum Hold hair gel. 2016 Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Oct. I drain the curdled milk through the mould then press it down. c. In figurative descriptions of strongly negative emotions, esp. fear, terror, or dread, in which the emotion is thought of as chilling and congealing the blood. Cf. to chill the blood at chill v. Additions, to curdle the blood at curdle v. 1a. ΚΠ 1646 H. More Cupids Conflict 5 in Democritus Platonissans Had I once lanc'd thy froward flinty heart And cruddled bloud had thawn with living fire..How wouldst thou wake to kindly sweet desire. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 257 I felt my crudled Blood Congeal with Fear. 1816 Ld. Byron Parisina xiv, in Siege of Corinth 78 And there with glassy gaze she stood As ice were in her curdled blood. 1854 C. F. Alexander Poems Old Test.: Pt. I. 55 The men looked up with curdled blood, Where that great wall of waters stood. 1923 N.Y. Times 29 July xx. 6/4 Tourists no longer will listen with curdled blood to the orations of guides. 1958 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 5 Oct. 2 e/5 This is the so-called ‘Shock’ feature, moldy films dealing in horror and curdled blood. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 Oct. 32 The coldly curdled blood is mixed with a delicious voyeur's sense of delight. ΚΠ 1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass 245 When this fault [imperfect polishing] exists in a degree so exaggerated as to be visible to the naked eye, the lens is said to be curdled. 1898 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 6 May 267/3 Curdle effects, I have no doubt, would be hurtful; but I have not seen a curdled flat. Compounds curdled cheese n. a soft, mild, smooth cheese made from unfermented skimmed milk curds; = curd cheese n. at curd n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > soft cheese soft cheese1542 curdled cheese1615 curd cheese1728 Livarot1883 fromage frais1976 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 935/1 The first figure sheweth the Embryo at 42, daies old, already formed and proportioned, when all the bones are like to curdled Cheese or to Butter. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 335 Store of curdled cheese. 1951 Southwest Rev. 36 213/2 Kurt shoved aside Poetry rising out of Chaos to sit on the edge of the table to eat his bread and curdled cheese. 2012 @grumpybumm 20 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Chips and gravy with curdled cheese. Sounds so wrong but man it's so good!! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590 |
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