transitive. To cover or decorate (a cake, etc.) with a layer of icing (icing, n. 1a). Also figurative.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > garnish [verb (transitive)] > ice or coat with sugar (6) ice?1600 transitive. To cover or decorate (a cake, etc.) with a layer of icing (icing, n. 1a). Also figurative. frost1827 transitive. Cookery. To decorate or cover (a cake, etc.) with frosting or icing. Cf. frosting, n. 3, ice, v. 2. Now chiefly North American. sugar-coat1870 to coat with sugar; figurative, to make palatable. spin1883 To deposit (liquid sugar) on cakes, etc., in a thread-like form. pipe1894 transitive. Cookery. To force (icing, cream, mashed potato, etc.) through a bag fitted with a nozzle in order to form decorative lines or patterns… candy-coat1930 transitive. To coat (something, esp. an item of food) with sugar or another sweet substance. Cf. sugar-coat v. at sugar, n. compounds 3a. |
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