单词 | caramel |
释义 | caramel (once / 7019 pages) 1n 2nadj Caramel is a sticky or runny sweet that's made from slightly burnt sugar. You might prefer your vanilla ice cream topped with caramel. Caramel can be used in many ways — to flavor foods, pour on top of desserts, or form into a soft, chewy candy. You can also use the word to describe the milky brown color itself: "She's the one with the long, caramel colored hair." In French, caramel means "burnt sugar," which comes from the Latin cannamellis, a combination of canna, "cane," and mel, "honey." WORD FAMILYcaramel: caramelise, caramelize, caramels+/caramelise: caramelised/caramelize: caramelized, caramelizes, caramelizing USAGE EXAMPLESThere are few things in this world better than good salted caramel. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) The classic doughnuts are jelly, chocolate or creme caramel flavored. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Babas were a happier denouement, for those who, like me, are partial to desserts that involve brioche, rum, caramel sauce and crunchy bits of pancetta. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food Syn|Hyper caramelized sugar refined sugar, sugar a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative 2n firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk 2Hyper candy, confect a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts 1n a medium to dark tan color Syn|Hypo|Hyper buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown snuff-color, snuff-colour dark yellowish brown brown, brownness an orange of low brightness and saturation 2adj having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown Syn caramel brown chromatic being or having or characterized by hue |
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