| 单词 | chocolate egg |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschocolate egg chocolate egg n. originally U.S. an item of confectionery made of chocolate in the shape of an egg, either hollow, solid, or filled with fondant, etc.; spec. such an egg given at Easter; cf. Easter egg n. 1. ΚΠ 1862 Sci. Amer. 26 July 50/3 Here you have chocolate eggs full of cream where the yolk should be; there you have sugar eggs filled with liqueur. 1877 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 2 Mar. The imported silk covered gum paste egg, with fine hand paintings and open work, take well. The papier mache eggs, chip, straw, leather and cloth covered, as well as chocolate eggs all go far towards making the assortment. 1922 Glasgow Herald 11 Oct. 8 Chocolate eggs filled with ice-cream and known as ‘Eskimos’. 2008 Time Out N.Y. 13 Mar. 121/3 The logical French delight their youngsters with chocolate eggs from the much more believable Easter Hen. < as lemmas |
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