单词 | vanilla |
释义 | vanilla (once / 2312 pages) nadj Vanilla is the flavor for food — such as ice cream — that contains extract from the vanilla plant. This word also describes things that are boring or plain. If something is called vanilla — such as coffee or a milkshake — it's usually flavored with vanilla extract or the seeds from a vanilla pod. Vanilla is the most common flavor of ice cream. This word has another, slightly insulting, meaning: a vanilla movie is plain and kind of boring. A vanilla song is on the blah side. Maybe it's because vanilla food tends to be white and plain that we use this word for other things that are bland. WORD FAMILYvanilla: vanillas USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s a plain vanilla blank canvas,” she said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) During Caribbean getaways, he would skip beach days to hunt for vanilla, allspice and nutmeg. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Carefully stir in the vanilla, then continue to stir until the mixture stops bubbling. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers Hypo|Hyper Vanilla planifolia, vanilla orchid a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America orchid, orchidaceous plant any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors 2n a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) Syn|Hyper vanilla extract flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts 3n a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans Hyper flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth 4adj flavored with vanilla extract he liked vanilla ice cream 5adj plain and without any extras or adornments the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond the basic car is known as the vanilla version Syn plain not elaborate or elaborated; simple |
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