cream
英 [kriːm]
美 [krim]
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cream 奶油来自拉丁词chrisma（油膏，词源同Chrism）和cramum（奶油）的合成词。
- cream
- cream: [14] Cream seems to have come from two distinct late Latin sources: crānum ‘cream’, which may be of Gaulish origin, and chrisma ‘ointment’ (from which English gets chrism [OE]). These two were probably blended together to produce Old French cresme or craime, immediate source of the English word. (Modern French crème was borrowed into English in the 19th century.)
=> chrism - cream (n.)
- early 14c., creyme, from Old French cresme (13c., Modern French crème) "chrism, holy oil," blend of Late Latin chrisma "ointment" (from Greek khrisma "unguent;" see chrism) and Late Latin cramum "cream," which is perhaps from Gaulish. Replaced Old English ream. Re-borrowed 19c. from French as creme. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1580s. Cream-cheese is from 1580s.
- cream (v.)
- mid-15c., "to foam," from cream (n.). Meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. Related: Creamed; creaming.
- 1. She gave him an extra scoop of clotted cream.
- 她多给他加了一勺浓缩奶油。
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- 2. The Ball was attended by the cream of Hollywood society.
- 好莱坞的大牌影星们出席了那个舞会。
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- 3. Garnish the plate with whipped cream rosettes and fresh fruits.
- 用玫瑰花形的掼奶油和新鲜的水果作配菜点缀盘子。
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- 4. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.
- 这意味着在贷款业务剧增时小银行能够获得大笔利润。
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- 5. He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy.
- 他被控从经济中捞取了丰厚的油水。
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