| 释义 |
cream
I. \ˈkrēm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English creme, creime, from Middle French cresme & Old North French craime; Middle French cresme, from Old French, alteration (influenced by cresme chrism, from Late Latin chrisma) of (assumed) Old French craime (Old North French craime), from Late Latin cramum, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, Middle Irish screm surface; akin to Middle High German schram gash, Old Norse skrāma wound, Lithuanian kramas scurf, Greek keirein to cut — more at shear, chrism
1. : the yellowish part of milk containing from 18 to about 40 percent butterfat that rises to the surface on standing or is separated by centrifugal force
2.
a. : a food or substance made from or containing cream
< cream of celery soup >
— usually used with a qualifying word
< Bavarian cream >
< tapioca cream >
b. : a solid or liquid substance resembling or suggesting cream in appearance or consistency: as
(1) : any of a class of cosmetic preparations used especially for cleansing, softening, smoothing, and protecting the skin
< emollient cream >
< finishing cream >
— see cold cream, shaving cream, vanishing cream
(2) : any of various medicinal preparations usually classed as ointments
(3) : a sweet or candy of a consistency suggesting cream
< a box of chocolate creams >
(4) : ice cream
< bring along a quart of vanilla cream >
(5) : the part of an emulsion or suspension that rises and collects on the surface
3. : the best, most desirable, or choicest part of something
< the cream of society >
< the cream of the crop >
: quintessence
< the cream of the jest >
4. : creamer 2
5. : a pale yellow that is lighter, slightly greener, and very slightly stronger than ivory, paler than straw, and greener and paler than leghorn
6. : a cream-colored animal (as a horse or rabbit)
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English cremen, from creme, n.
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to form cream
< let the milk stand till it creams >
b. : to become covered with cream
< beer creaming in a glass >
c. : to become like cream : foam, froth
< waves creaming on the rocks >
d. : to undergo creaming
2. : to proceed with foamy spray and wake (as of a ship)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to draw off by skimming : take the cream off (milk)
b. : to take or remove (the choicest part) — often used with off
< cream off the best of a country's production by export >
2.
a. : to furnish with or as if with cream : prepare with cream or a cream sauce
b. : to rub, stir, or beat (as butter) until of a light creamy consistency
c. : to blend (as butter and sugar) by stirring or beating
d. slang : beat, lambaste
3.
a. : to cause or allow cream to form on (milk)
b. : to cause to froth or foam
< the ship's wake creamed the waves >
c. : to bring about creaming of
< rubber latex is creamed by salts of alginic acid >
4. : to apply a cosmetic cream to
< creaming her face daily >
III. adjective
Etymology: cream (I)
1.
a. : having the consistency and appearance of cream
< cream soup >
b. : having cream added
2. : of the color cream
IV. intransitive verb
1. : to experience orgasm — usually considered vulgar
2. : to become rapturously excited — usually considered vulgar |