单词 | cream |
释义 | Word Frequency cream(kriːm) noun 1. a. the fatty part of milk, which rises to the top if the milk is allowed to stand b. (as modifier) cream buns 2. anything resembling cream in consistency shoe cream beauty cream 3. the best one or most essential part of something; pick the cream of the bunch the cream of the jokes 4. a soup containing cream or milk cream of chicken soup 5. any of various dishes, cakes, biscuits, etc, resembling or containing cream 6. a confection made of fondant or soft fudge, often covered in chocolate 7. cream sherry 8. a. a yellowish-white colour b. (as adjective) cream wallpaper verb 9. (transitive) to skim or otherwise separate the cream from (milk) 10. (transitive) to beat (foodstuffs, esp butter and sugar) to a light creamy consistency 11. (intransitive) to form cream 12. (transitive) to add or apply cream or any creamlike substance to to cream one's face to cream coffee 13. (transitive; sometimes foll by off) to take away the best part of 14. (transitive) to prepare or cook (vegetables, chicken, etc) with cream or milk 15. to allow (milk) to form a layer of cream on its surface or (of milk) to form sucha layer 16. (transitive) slang, mainly US, Canadian and Australian to beat thoroughly 17. (intransitive) vulgar, slang (of a man) to ejaculate during orgasm Derived forms creamlike (ˈcreamˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crāmum cream, of Celtic origin; influenced by Church Latin chrisma unction, chrism |
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