单词 | cheese |
释义 | cheese cheese1 /cheez/, n. , v. , cheesed, cheesing. n. 1. the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food. 2. a definite mass of this substance, often in the shape of a wheel or cylinder. 3. something of similar shape or consistency, as a mass of pomace in cider-making. 4. Informal. partly digested milk curds sometimes spit up by infants. 5. cheeses, any of several mallows, esp. Malva neglecta, a sprawling,weedy plant having small lavender or white flowers and round, flat, segmented fruits thought to resemble little wheels of cheese. 6. Slang (vulgar). smegma. 7. Metalworking. a. a transverse section cut from an ingot, as for making into a tire. b. an ingot or billet made into a convex, circular form by blows at the ends. 8. a low curtsy. v.i. 9. Informal. (of infants) to spit up partly digested milk curds. v.t. 10. Metalworking. to forge (an ingot or billet) into a cheese. [bef. 1000; ME chese, OE cese (c. OS kasi, G Käse) < L caseus] cheese2 /cheez/, v.t., cheesed, cheesing. Slang. 1. to stop; desist. interj. 2. cheese it, a. look out! b. run away! [1805-15; perh. alter. of CEASE] cheese3 /cheez/, n. Slang. a person or thing that is important or splendid. [1905-10; perh. < Urdu chiz thing < Pers] |
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