单词 | gruyere |
释义 | gruyere in British Englishnoun hard flat whole-milk cheese with holes Gruyère in British English or Gruyère cheese (ˈɡruːjɛə, French ɡryjɛr) noun (sometimes not capital) a hard flat whole-milk cheese, pale yellow in colour and with holes Word origin C19: after Gruyère, Switzerland where it originatedGruyère in American English (ɡruːˈjɛər, ɡrɪ-, French ɡʀʏˈjeʀ) noun a firm, pale-yellow cheese, made of whole milk and having small holes, produced chiefly in France and Switzerland Also called: Gruyère cheese Word origin [1795–1805; after Gruyère district in Switzerland where the cheese is made]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: mirage, oxidize, sensitivity, steeplechase, unilateralExamples of 'gruyere' in a sentence |
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