单词 | churning |
释义 | churningn. 1. The action of churn v.; esp. the agitating of milk or cream to produce butter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter churningc1440 butter making1751 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 76 Chyrnynge, cumbiacio. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxx. 33 Surely the churning of milke bringeth forth butter. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §992 The Comming of Butter after the Cherming. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 149 Hetty's in the middle o' making the butter, for the churning was thrown late. 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxviii. 2. The quantity of butter produced at a churning. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > specific amount or measure span1502 churning1886 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Sept. 2/1 Salt is added..The churnings are then mixed together and sent to the market. Compounds Generalattributive. churning-staff n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > churning-staff churn-staff?a1500 churning-staff1768 dash1796 plunger1838 churning-stick1840 churn-dasher1845 dasher1847 churn-dash1860 1768 T. Percival in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 229 A vessel, to which a churning staff is fitted. churning-stick n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > churning-staff churn-staff?a1500 churning-staff1768 dash1796 plunger1838 churning-stick1840 churn-dasher1845 dasher1847 churn-dash1860 1840 H. H. Wilson Vishnu Purana i. ix. 75 Taking the mountain Mandara for the churning-stick..churn the ocean together for ambrosia. churning-tub n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > churn churnc1000 kirn1338 butter churn1577 churning-tub1580 barrel-churn1741 plunge churn1793 box churn1810 table churn1828 dash-churn1865 churner1888 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Baratte, a charning tub, or charne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). churningadj. That churns, in the various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > agitating, stirring, or mixing churning1694 perturbatory1846 churned1878 1694 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in Ann. Misc. 28 About his churning Chaps the frothy bubbles rise. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 41 The cows push out..tolerant churning mouths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.c1440adj.1694 |
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