afters

af·ter

A0130200 (ăf′tər)prep.1. a. Behind in place or order: Z comes after Y in the alphabet.b. Next to or lower than in order or importance.2. In quest or pursuit of: seek after fame; go after big money.3. Concerning: asked after you.4. Subsequent in time to; at a later time than: come after dinner.5. Subsequent to and because of or regardless of: They are still friends after all their differences.6. Following continually: year after year.7. In the style of or in imitation of: satires after Horace.8. With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of: named after her mother.9. According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to: a tenor after my own heart.10. Past the hour of: five minutes after three.11. Irish Used with a present participle to indicate action that has just been completed: "Sure I'm after seeing him not five minutes ago" (James Joyce).adv.1. Behind; in the rear.2. At a later or subsequent time; afterward: three hours after; departed shortly after.adj.1. Subsequent in time or place; later; following: in after years.2. Located near the stern of a vessel or the rear or an aircraft or spacecraft.conj. Following or subsequent to the time that: I saw them after I arrived.n.1. Afternoon.2. afters Chiefly British Dessert.Idiom: after all1. In spite of everything to the contrary; nevertheless: We chose to take the train after all.2. Everything else having been considered; ultimately: A car is after all a means of transportation.

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[Middle English, from Old English æfter; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

afters

(ˈɑːftəz) n (functioning as singular or plural) 1. (Cookery) informal dessert; sweet2. (Soccer) slang a confrontation or physical violence between football players immediately after they have been involved in a challenge for the ball

Thesaurus

Noun

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afters - a dish served as the last course of a mealdessert, sweetcourse - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"ambrosia - fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconutbaked Alaska - cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an ovenblancmange - sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually moldedcharlotte - a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custardcompote, fruit compote - dessert of stewed or baked fruitdumpling - dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastryflan - open pastry filled with fruit or custardfrozen dessert - any of various desserts prepared by freezingjunket - dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennetmousse - a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy creampavlova - a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped creampeach melba - ice cream and peaches with a liqueurwhip - a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruitpudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamedpud, pudding - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)sillabub, syllabub - sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquortiramisu - an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolatesabayon, zabaglione - light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilledmould, mold - a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold; "a lobster mold"; "a gelatin dessert made in a mold"

Translations

正餐后的甜食

afters

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