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Collins English-English Dictionary
- butter ['b^tə]
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1.
n
an edible fatty whitish-yellow solid made from cream by churning, for cooking and table use
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- butter icing
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3.
n
any substance with a butter-like consistency, such as peanut butter or vegetable butter
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to put butter on or in
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5.
vt.
to flatter
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6.
vt.
See also butter up
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English butere, from Latin b
u tyrum, from Greek bouturon, from bous cow + turos cheese
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1.
n
an edible fatty whitish-yellow solid made from cream by churning, for cooking and table use
Examples
- apple butter
- 苹果泥 → butter
- peanut butter
- 花生酱 → butter
- cocoa butter
- 可可脂 → butter
- butter of antimony
- 【化学】氯化锑 → butter
- a print of butter
- (印模压成的)一块黄油 → print
- 92 score butter
- 92%纯度的黄油 → score
- soft butter
- 软奶油 → soft
- to spread butter on toast
- 在烤面包片上抹黄油 → spread
- strong butter
- 腐臭的黄油 → strong
- to turn cream into butter
- 把鲜奶油变成黄油 → turn
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