单词 | curry |
释义 | curry1[ kur-ee, kuhr-ee ] / ˈkɜr i, ˈkʌr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR curry ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural cur·ries.East Indian Cooking. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice. any dish flavored with curry powder or the like: a lamb curry. curry powder. verb (used with object), cur·ried, cur·ry·ing.to cook or flavor (food) with curry powder or a similar combination of spices: to curry eggs. Idioms for currygive (someone) a bit of curry, Australian. to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass. Sometimes cur·rie . Origin of curry1First recorded in 1590–1600, curry is from the Tamil word kaṟi sauce Words nearby currycurrie, currier, Currier and Ives, curriery, currish, curry, currycomb, curry favor, curry leaf, curry powder, curry puff Definition for curry (2 of 3)curry2 [ kur-ee, kuhr-ee ] / ˈkɜr i, ˈkʌr i / verb (used with object), cur·ried, cur·ry·ing.to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb. to dress (tanned hides) by soaking, scraping, beating, coloring, etc. to beat; thrash. Origin of curry21250–1300; Middle English cor(r)ayen, cor(r)eyen<Anglo-French curreier, cognate with Old French correer, earlier conreer to make ready <Vulgar Latin *conrēdāre;see corody Definition for curry (3 of 3)Curry [ kur-ee, kuhr-ee ] / ˈkɜr i, ˈkʌr i / nounJohn (Anthony), 1949–94, British figure skater. John Steu·art [stoo-ert, styoo-], /ˈstu ərt, ˈstyu-/, 1897–1946, U.S. painter. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for curryBritish Dictionary definitions for curry (1 of 3)curry1 / (ˈkʌrɪ) / noun plural -riesa spicy dish of oriental, esp Indian, origin that is made in many ways but usually consists of meat or fish prepared in a hot piquant sauce curry seasoning or sauce give someone curry Australian slang to assault (a person) verbally or physically verb -ries, -rying or -ried(tr) to prepare (food) with curry powder or sauce Word Origin for curryC16: from Tamil kari sauce, relish British Dictionary definitions for curry (2 of 3)curry2 / (ˈkʌrɪ) / verb -ries, -rying or -ried (tr)to beat vigorously, as in order to clean to dress and finish (leather) after it has been tanned to make it strong, flexible, and waterproof to groom (a horse) curry favour to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors Word Origin for curryC13: from Old French correer to make ready, from Vulgar Latin conrēdāre (unattested), from rēdāre (unattested) to provide, of Germanic origin British Dictionary definitions for curry (3 of 3)Curry / (ˈkʌrɪ) / nounJohn (Anthony). 1949–94, British ice skater: won the figure-skating gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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