| 单词 | churn |
| 释义 | churn (once / 1456 pages) nv A churn is a container that you fill with cream and then agitate until the cream becomes butter. You may have only bought butter at the store, but your ancestors probably used a traditional plunger-type churn to make their own. The verb churn means to mix cream until it turns into butter, separating out the buttermilk. You can make your own butter by churning it in a jar if you don't have a churn, shaking heavy cream until it becomes solid. To churn can also simply mean to agitate, like a boat might churn in a turbulent ocean, or your stomach might churn with anxiety about your big test the next day. WORD FAMILYchurn: churned, churning, churns USAGE EXAMPLESAll the while, the instruments churn through their material, indifferent to the singer’s plight. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) My parents in their eager search delved through the brochures, the interviews and assessments, the continuous churning of paperwork. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) The churning guitar menace of Dacus’ “Troublemaker, Doppelganger” gets your heart racing and then the spare “Trust” breaks it. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1n a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk Syn|Hyper butter churn vessel an object used as a container (especially for liquids) 2v stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter Hyper stir move an implement through 3v be agitated the sea was churning in the storm Syn|Hypo|Hyper boil, moil, roil roll, seethe boil vigorously move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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