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单词 cream
释义

cream

/kriːm /
noun [mass noun]
1The thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient: strawberries and cream [as modifier]: a cream cake...
  • Put the chocolate into a blender and pour on the hot milk and cream and leave to stand for one minute.
  • The condensed skim milk and cream are combined to create cheddar cheese.
  • The terrine batter itself is made of eggs, flour, milk, cream and/or butter.
1.1The part of a liquid that gathers at the top: the tank contains 24,000 gallons of cream and 12,000 gallons of serum...
  • By the time I reached her home the cream was clearing the jar in lumps.
  • After about ten hours the cream would rise to the top of the milk pans.
  • We're starting to see the cream rising to the top.
1.2A sauce, soup, dessert, or other dish containing cream or having a creamy consistency: a tin of cream of mushroom soup...
  • The teahouse also offers light meals such as sausage rice with cream sauce and curry beef rice.
  • Inside a long, high room, on mustard and black linens, sits a bowl of gently curried cream of carrot soup.
  • It is the perfect raw material for that gourmet's dish, cream of parsley soup.
1.3 [count noun] A sweet of a specified flavour which is creamy in texture: a peppermint cream...
  • In most countries, including the rest of the English-speaking world, similar confections are referred to simply as coconut candies or coconut creams.
  • So I graduated to chocolate-dipped peppermint creams - so elegant that Mum would serve them with pride (mine and hers) with the coffee at the end of her dinner parties.
  • He informs Raina that only young, inexperienced soldiers carry cartridges into combat; older and savvier ones stock up on chocolate creams.
1.4 [count noun] A biscuit with a creamy filling: a custard cream...
  • I have no idea why I was suddenly badgered by the smell of those biscuits in particular, rather than, say, Garibaldi (squashed-fly biscuits) or custard creams.
  • It became an alternative to rosewater, particularly in rich seed cakes, almond cakes and biscuits, and dessert creams.
  • As well as a plentiful supply of bourbons and custard creams, one of the first things the nurse will do is check the level of iron in your blood beforehand to ensure you won't feel faint afterwards.
2A thick liquid or semi-solid cosmetic or medical preparation applied to the skin: shaving cream [count noun]: moisturizing creams...
  • Dry skin lotions, creams, or thicker preparations may be used to lubricate the skin, prevent fissures, and keep the skin pliable.
  • He pulled out his razor and coated his face with shaving cream, preparing to shave, which he really needed to do.
  • The medicated cream could make the skin dry and cause itching.

Synonyms

lotion, ointment, rub, cosmetic, application, preparation, emollient, moisturizer, paste, gel, salve, unguent, embrocation, balm, liniment, pomade
archaic unction
3The very best of a group of people or things: the paper’s readership is the cream of American society...
  • The cream of Britain's funniest writers came out in force for the presentation of the first Saga Award for Wit at this year's Folkestone Literary Festival.
  • The cream of Europe's railway operators are being encouraged to make bold bids to put Scotland's network on the right track for the 21st century.
  • The cream of the local players were joined by bassist George Mitchell and reedman Donny McCaslin, who trekked in from New York.

Synonyms

best, finest, first class, top, choice, choicest, flower, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, A-list;
elite, elect, nonpareil
informal tops, pick of the bunch
4A very pale yellow or off-white colour: the dress is available in white or cream [as modifier]: a cream linen jacket...
  • In the first robbery he dressed in a three quarter length, cream coloured jacket with fur around the edges.
  • He was clean shaven, tanned and wore cream coloured jeans, a white t-shirt and beige training shoes.
  • Inside, the walls were all plastered and painted pale colours with cream carpets - very novel for the early 1970s in Ireland.

Synonyms

off-white, whitish, cream-coloured, creamy, ivory, yellowish-white, pearly
verb [with object]
1Work (butter, typically with sugar) to form a smooth paste: you cream the butter first and then add the egg yolks...
  • In another bowl she creamed the butter and sugar using the electric whisk Jack gave her, then added the eggs.
  • You need to have an electric mixer to use the method described, although it is also successful using the traditional method that begins with creaming the butter and sugar.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
1.1 (usually as adjective creamed) Mash (a cooked vegetable) with milk or cream: creamed turnips...
  • The vegetables include creamed cauliflower, mashed potato, roast potato, carrots, peas, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.
  • Were they cooked, creamed, fried, pickled, or raw?
  • I had plans to make a green bean dish, creamed onions, and a salad later, while the turkey was in the oven.
1.2Add cream to (coffee): she poured Jack a coffee and creamed and sugared it...
  • Sara moved her focus to the caramel of the creamed and honeyed coffee.
2Rub a cosmetic cream into (the skin): Madge was creaming her face in front of the mirror...
  • Even French women of modest means are much more likely than American women to get treatments in spas or clinics that scrub, polish, buff, massage and cream their skins.
  • Because you are wearing sandals you attend to your feet - slough the dead skin off, cream them, paint their toenails - they therefore look great.
3 informal, chiefly North American Defeat (someone) heavily in a sporting contest: on paper, England should have creamed Scotland...
  • He wasn't about to let Saki humiliate him by first ruining his computer and then creaming him.
  • How can he cream him when he drops out of the race?
  • Kim and I were creaming him on the fact that Indian girls have better clothes than the guys, hands down, when his dad suddenly sprung the infamous line.
3.1Collide heavily with (someone), especially in a car: she got creamed by a speeding car...
  • Paul opens his mouth like he's going to say something, and I cream him with a pillow first.
  • The big lefty slugger creamed a low-and-away fastball into the rightfield upper deck for a two-run homer.
4 [no object] vulgar slang (Of a person) be sexually aroused to the point of producing sexual secretions.
4.1 [with object] Moisten (one’s underpants) due to sexual arousal.

Phrases

the cream of the crop

Phrasal verbs

cream something off

Origin

Middle English: from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma (see chrism).

Rhymes

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