α. 1500s marzepaine, 1800s marcipan, 1800s marzapane, 1800s marzopane, 1800s– marzipan.
β. 1500s–1600s mazapane.
单词 | marzipan |
释义 | marzipann.adj.α. 1500s marzepaine, 1800s marcipan, 1800s marzapane, 1800s marzopane, 1800s– marzipan. β. 1500s–1600s mazapane. A. n. 1. a. A cake or sweet made of marzipan: see sense A. 1b. ΚΠ α. β. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. O4v A certain kinde of Condite, which is called Pasta regia, or a Mazapane [L. quaedam conditi species, quae pasta regia vocari solet].1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 128 To feede of tartes and marzepaines, the meates of denty mouthed persones [L. vesci placentis cibis delicatorum]. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xviii. 278 A cake called marzapane. 1926 Brit. Weekly 7 Oct. 25/2 You can't be bothered to prepare homemade nougats, marzipans, peppermint creams. 1990 Sweetie 90 (London Internat. Confectionary Exhib. Catal.) 24 The range includes hand-made pralines, fresh cream chocolates and marzipans. b. A thick paste of ground almonds, egg whites or yolks, and sugar, formed into small sweets or petits fours, or used for icing cakes.The whites of eggs are used to make white marzipan; the yolks are used to make golden marzipan. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > paste confections pastya1398 paste royal?c1425 marchpane1556 marzipan1583 paste1591 paste of Genoa1615 almond paste1622 jemello1688 α. β. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. xv. 294 Of making Pasta Regia or Mazapane.1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Marchpane, or mazapane.1846 W. S. Landor Wks. II. 82 We had brought no eatable with us but fruit and thin marzopane. 1897 Daily News 23 Nov. 2/1 The stuff..smelt very much like the sweetmeat called marzipan. 1926 Glasgow Herald 14 June 10 According to an unconfirmed legend Lubeck has the proud distinction of being the only city which sustained a siege on marzipan. 1963 Times 20 Apr. 10/3 The cake is decorated with 46 lb. of marzipan and 25 lb. of royal icing and pastillage. 1991 BBC Good Food (BNC) Apr. 61 Roll out about one third of the marzipan and trim to fit the cake tin. 2. Something forming a thick superficial layer or covering, esp. in order to hide something ugly beneath it. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] shadowc1200 blindfolding?c1225 coverturec1374 hiding1382 veilc1384 palliation?c1425 covert1574 panoply1576 hoodwink1577 mask1597 cover1600 screena1616 pretexture1618 purdah1621 subterfuge1621 tecture1624 coverlet1628 domino1836 face shield1842 concealment1847 protective colouring1873 camouflage1885 protective coloration1892 smokescreen1926 cover-up1927 scrim1942 marzipan1945 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > resembling marzipan marzipan1945 1945 Hansard Commons 17 Oct. 1223 You only have to look at the fretful fronts stretching along the great roads leading from London—belonging to what I think one cynic called the ‘marzipan period’—to see the monstrous crimes committed against aesthetics by..speculators. 1981 Event 9–15 Oct. 29/1 Marzipan, n. (motor trade). The filler used to patch up bodywork damaged by a crash or corrosion. 1989 Mod. Painters Autumn 111/1 Yet Mr. Hutchinson condemns post-modernism as ‘Bimbo architecture’ and so much marzipan over honest concrete frames. B. adj. (attributive). Made of marzipan. ΚΠ 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley iv. 31 Marzipan bon-bons. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) xi. 191 Platters of marzipan cookies shone with a toytown brilliance. 1977 ‘S. Leys’ Chinese Shadows (1978) ii. 68 The local pastry shop..sells..strudels and little pink marzipan pigs. 1994 Hispanic Dec. 68 The holidays are for gathering and feasting... Marzipan figures..and nuts are just some of the traditional foods. Compounds marzipan layer n. Finance slang the (tier of) executives ranking immediately below the partners in a firm. ΚΠ 1985 Listener 6 June 8/3 The ‘marzipan layer’ is the bright, younger people just below the partners. 1992 Sunday Tel. 29 Mar. 40/4 Britain's ‘Marzipan layer’ already spend far more of their disposable income on housing and education than their German and French peers. 1998 Independent 16 June i. 1/2 Industry observers reckon that bankers in the so-called ‘marzipan layer’..could each receive paper windfalls of as much as $8m. marzipan set n. = marzipan layer n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > stock-broker > type of > body of coulisse1887 curb1903 marzipan set1984 1984 Economist 17 Nov. 72/3 And what of the so-called marzipan set, the layer of managers too junior to get the icing but too senior for the cake crumbs? 1996 Times 20 Jan. 27/3 It had been agreed that Talbot..would retire relatively early. Arthur Andersen's marzipan set encouraged their chiefs on this count. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). marzipanv. transitive. To cover with, or as with, a layer of marzipan. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] heeleOE dernc893 mitheeOE wryOE buryc1175 hidec1200 dilla1300 laina1375 keepa1382 wrapa1382 cover1382 conceala1393 curea1400 shroud1412 veilc1460 smorec1480 cele1484 suppress1533 wrap1560 smoulder1571 squat1577 muffle1582 estrange1611 screen1621 lock1646 umbrage1675 reserve1719 restrict1802 hugger-mugger1803 mask1841 ward1881 thimblerig1899 marzipan1974 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > arrange in layers [verb (transitive)] > cover with a layer resembling marzipan marzipan1974 1974 R. Rendell Face of Trespass ii. 25 The large home-made Dundee, marzipanned and iced. 1986 T. Barling Smoke xxii. 486 A single boa of cloud feathered out from the Buddhist temple on the high western tor, the thinning outer strands marzipanned by brazen sunlight. 1987 Los Angeles Times 15 Feb. (Calendar) 88/4 The album is marzipaned with ornate embellishments and liberally sprinkled with quotes from the post-acid Beatles. Derivatives ˈmarzipanned adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] privya1398 palliate?a1425 beguiled1561 masked1567 covert1574 retired1596 remote1601 palliated1612 unsuspected1620 lapped1637 sopited1646 veiled1651 perdua1734 ulterior1735 screened1844 marzipanned1979 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [adjective] > covered with marzipan marzipanned1979 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > covered with a layer like marzipan marzipanned1979 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Dec. e1 Cover the marzipanned cake with icing, using a palette knife. 1995 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 9 Dec. 13 John Mortimer's adaptation..keeps in [the] best bits of Dickens's prose imagery as well as the occasional sour whiff of social criticism amidst the story's marzipanned escapism. 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