单词 | custard cup |
释义 | > as lemmascustard cup custard cup n. (a) a small heat-resistant dish, typically of porcelain or glass, intended for use as a vessel in which a custard (sense 1b) is baked and served; †(b) (in plural) English regional great willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum, a tall flowering perennial with hairy stems, long, toothed, hairy leaves, and pink flowers with creamy-white stigmas; cf. codlings-and-cream n. at codling n.2 Phrases 2 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > cup, bowl, or basin > other types of cup, bowl, or basin custard cup1670 mustard-bowl1674 rice bowl1828 tou1899 1670 Acct. 9 Aug. in W. M. Myddelton & V. H. Myddelton Gunyon Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 38 Paid for a possett Cup and 6 custard cupps. 1708 H. Howard England's Newest Way Cookery (ed. 2) 77 If you boil the Eggs in the Cream all together, then you may put it in your Custard-cups. 1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 129 A salver adorned with custard-cups and jelly-glasses. 1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Custard-cups, Epilobium hirsutum. 1906 Country Life 21 Apr. 553/1 The Willow-herb..gives off a pleasant fresh smell from its flowers, young shoots, or bruised leaves; so..it becomes Codlings and Cream, Apple or Gooseberry Pie, or Custard Cups, in country parlance. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 70/2 Early-Victorian custard cups..in Coalport white porcelain. 2002 Bon Appétit Sept. 104/2 Butter eight..ramekins or custard cups and coat insides with sugar. < as lemmas |
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