单词 | cinnamon |
释义 | cinnamon (once / 1819 pages) n Cinnamon is a flavorful spice that comes from the bark of a tree. The tropical tree that produces the spice is also called cinnamon. Cinnamon is a common spice in sweet baked goods like cinnamon rolls and coffee cake. It's also used in savory dishes, particularly in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine. While most people are familiar with the dark reddish-brown ground cinnamon you can shake on your cinnamon toast, it also comes in the form of a short, rolled stick. The Latin source is cinnamum, which was once a term of endearment, as well as the name of the spice. WORD FAMILYcinnamon: cinnamon-colored, cinnamons USAGE EXAMPLESThe Town Hall structure recreated the building’s swimming pool - complete with gingerbread swimmers - and also featured a chocolate-topped clock and, cinnamon candy chimneys. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Other brands, from Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey to Trinchero’s Bandit boxed wine, also target women as potential heavy users of their products. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) In the Upside Down cocktail, there’s a four-rum blend with persimmon, grapefruit, blood orange, cinnamon, lime, bitters and mint. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon Syn|Hyper Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum laurel any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family 2n spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground Hypo|Hyper stick cinnamon dried rolled strips of cinnamon bark spice any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food 3n aromatic bark used as a spice Syn|Hyper cinnamon bark bark tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
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