单词 | schmaltz |
释义 | schmaltzn. 1. Chiefly in Jewish and German cookery: rendered animal fat, esp. chicken or goose fat. Also: †melted butter (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > chicken fat schmaltz1797 1797 tr. in R. Townson Trav. Hungary iv. 122 The peasants shall be at perfect liberty to buy and sell tobacco, honey, wax, schmalz (melted butter), flax, hemp, and other natural productions. 1850 H. J. Whitling Pictures of Nuremberg II. 32 So, then come and take this trout; get him ready for breakfast as quickly as possible, sparing neither eggs nor schmalz! 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 206/1 Luscious potato latkes—pancakes made of grated, raw potatoes, mixed with flour and shortening and fried in schmaltz. 1974 New Yorker 3 June 80/2 If a diner thinks the mashed potatoes might be improved by a bit of schmalz—liquid chicken fat—he pours some out of a dispenser. 2011 Time Out N.Y. 21 Apr. 18/3 A decadent dressing of lemony schmaltz. 2. colloquial. Extreme or excessive sentimentality, esp. in the arts or entertainment. Also: a film, music, etc., characterized by this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] sentiment1747 sentimentality1770 mawkishness1796 sensiblerie1815 sentimentalism1818 sloppiness1828 morbidezza1833 milk-and-wateriness1834 maudlin1838 soothing syrup1839 emotionalism1846 stickiness1864 slop1866 mushiness1868 saccharinity1868 sympatheticism1884 hearts and flowers1911 lovey-doveyness1923 schmaltz1934 goop1950 goo1951 schmaltziness1953 gloop1957 cheesiness1963 soupiness1963 soft-centredness1967 soppiness1974 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > inferior music schmaltz1934 corn1936 society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > sentimental slush1869 rose pink1872 tushery1883 schmaltz1934 1934 Melody News 1 Oct. 6/1 Schmaltz has a tendency to make me slightly ill, and the average Broadway work of art is something from which I flee. 1942 M. Hargrove See here, Private Hargrove xxxviii. 106 Write a letter for your old daddy. Give them the old Hargrovian schmaltz. 1950 Here & Now (N.Z.) Nov. 27/2 Howard Wyatt has an impressive technique for his age, and his greatest lack is what has come to be known as schmalz. A certain amount..of this quality is necessary, and..I'd recommend a serious study of the ‘white’ jazz exponents. 1957 J. D. Salinger Zooey in New Yorker 4 May 37/1 Will you be content with that standard box-office schmalz? 1977 Spare Rib June 46/4 She..is saying with appalling schmaltz that ‘Josh's warm, funny smile was where I lived now.’ 1978 Observer 19 Nov. 31/1 ‘What we call honest sentiment,’ he says in equally honest puzzlement, ‘you call schmaltz.’ 2002 Time Out N.Y. 18 Apr. 161/1 It's more comfort food than theater of any sort, and should provide you with a year's supply of schmaltz. Compounds schmaltzfest n. colloquial an occasion of unrestrained sentimentality or emotional outpouring; esp. a sentimental or mawkish film, novel, song, etc. ΚΠ 1959 N. Clad Love & Money viii. 91 It [sc. the Independence Day Parade] was the kind of Schmaltzfest, the kind of loud and insincere yelling of patriotism Max could not bring himself to. 1971 Illustr. London News 30 Jan. 27/1 Considering what a schmaltz-fest such a subject could lead to, one must say at once that much of the film is admirably unsentimental. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 15 Feb. (Good Weekend section) 9 The nauseating schmaltz fest of Valentine's Day is over for another year. 2015 Time Out London 17 Mar. 83/1 Mike Rosenberg's acoustic schmaltzfest ‘Let Her Go’ topped charts in 19 countries. schmaltz herring n. (chiefly in Jewish cookery) pickled, fatty herring. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > salted or pickled fish pickle-herring1463 round shore-herring1469 split herring1469 white herring1469 white-salted herring1469 ling fish1489 pickled herring?1577 mudfish1600 old ling1600 sea-stick1604 cor1624 crux-herrings1641 red fish1728 dunfish1746 sea steak1798 caveach1822 fair maid1823 dun codfish1839 crape-fish1856 black herring1883 rollmop1892 schmaltz herring1912 stink-fish1913 stinking fish1935 Spithead pheasant1948 1912 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 10 Oct. 13/4 (advt.) Best grade Schmaltz Herring, 7 for 20¢. 1935 L. Zara Blessed is Man ii. ii. 232 Two or three other kegs of schmalz herring and such for pickling. 1968 M. Richler Cocksure viii. 46 I don't want this apartment stinking of schmaltz herring. 2006 New Yorker 23 Jan. 56/3 He..recommended the Portuguese sardines and the schmaltz herring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). schmaltzv. colloquial. transitive. Usually with up. To impart a sentimental or mawkish atmosphere to (something); to play (music) in a sentimental or corny manner. Also with non-referential it as object, in to schmaltz it up. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > turn into an object of sentiment [verb (transitive)] > imbue with sentimental qualities sentimentalize1821 schmaltz1936 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique squeak1577 tinkle1582 divide1590 shake1611 slur1746 da capo1764 rattlea1766 to run over ——1789 skirl1818 spread?1822 develop1838 arpeggio1864 propose1864 recapitulate1873 jazz1915 lilt1916 jazzify1927 thump1929 schmaltz1936 belt1947 stroke1969 funkify1973 scratch1984 scratch-mix1985 1936 C. L. Cons Jargon of Jazz in Amer. Mercury May p. x/2 Schmalz It, play it long-haired. 1966 D. Skirrow It won't get you Anywhere xxxi. 143 She was like the white light of early morning, before the hot sun schmalzes up the scene. 1969 A. Laski Dominant Fifth ii. 41 He..tried to lighten his touch; no use giving this—visitor—the notion that they schmaltzed it up. 2007 J. D. Waterman Song 206/2 It's amazing how he [sc. Neil Diamond] can schmaltz it up! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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