英语词汇“quaking custard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

quaking custard n. †(a) (a name for) a fearful or cowardly person; = cowardly custard n. at cowardly adj. Additions (obsolete); (b) a type of custard (typically sweet) having a slightly loose or wobbling texture when set; (later) spec. (U.S.) a custard-based dessert thickened with both gelatin and beaten egg white, causing it to separate into two layers, one smooth and one fluffy.

ΚΠ

1607 B. Jonson Volpone Prol. sig. A4^v As a token Of his Playes worth, No egges are broken; Nor quaking Custards with feirce teeth affrighted.

1629 J. Shirley Wedding iv. i. sig. H^v To shew fencing vpon Creame And cake-bread, murder a quaking Custard, Or some such daring enemy.

1650 A. Cowley Guardian i. iii. sig. A4^v Away, you puff, you kickshaw, you quaking custard.

1845 E. Stone Chrons. Fashion I. 4 Another most strange custom at this period..was to have a huge ‘Quaking Custard’ on the table, into which..the City Fool suddenly leapt over the heads of the astonished feasters, who were instantly bespattered with this rich and savoury mud.

1884 M. J. Lincoln Boston Cook Bk. 346 Quaking Custard.—The same proportions as in Spanish Cream.

1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. c6 A quaking custard is made with milk, eggs and sugar and cooked until thickened. Softened gelatin is added and whipped cream and beaten egg whites are folded in.

1994 R. Sax Classic Home Desserts 117/2 Spanish cream... Similar creams are named variously ‘Charleston Snow Cream’ and ‘New England Quaking Custard’.

单词	quaking custard
释义	> as lemmas quaking custard quaking custard n. †(a) (a name for) a fearful or cowardly person; = cowardly custard n. at cowardly adj. Additions (obsolete); (b) a type of custard (typically sweet) having a slightly loose or wobbling texture when set; (later) spec. (U.S.) a custard-based dessert thickened with both gelatin and beaten egg white, causing it to separate into two layers, one smooth and one fluffy. ΚΠ 1607 B. Jonson Volpone Prol. sig. A4^v As a token Of his Playes worth, No egges are broken; Nor quaking Custards with feirce teeth affrighted. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Shirley Wedding iv. i. sig. H^v To shew fencing vpon Creame And cake-bread, murder a quaking Custard, Or some such daring enemy. 1650 A. Cowley Guardian i. iii. sig. A4^v Away, you puff, you kickshaw, you quaking custard. 1845 E. Stone Chrons. Fashion I. 4 Another most strange custom at this period..was to have a huge ‘Quaking Custard’ on the table, into which..the City Fool suddenly leapt over the heads of the astonished feasters, who were instantly bespattered with this rich and savoury mud. 1884 M. J. Lincoln Boston Cook Bk. 346 Quaking Custard.—The same proportions as in Spanish Cream. 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. c6 A quaking custard is made with milk, eggs and sugar and cooked until thickened. Softened gelatin is added and whipped cream and beaten egg whites are folded in. 1994 R. Sax Classic Home Desserts 117/2 Spanish cream... Similar creams are named variously ‘Charleston Snow Cream’ and ‘New England Quaking Custard’. extracted from quakingadj.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	milky-farinaceous milky-hedge milky-looking milky-sapped milky-toothed milky-watery milky-white milkyblue milkycoloured milkyeast milkyfarinaceous milkyhedge milkyielding milkylooking milkysapped milkytoothed milkywatery milkywhite mill mill band mill bank mill bar mill beetle mill bill mill boom

> as lemmas