junket

jun·ket

J0084100 (jŭng′kĭt)n.1. A trip or tour, especially:a. One taken by an official at public expense.b. One taken by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking favor or patronage.2. A party, banquet, or outing.3. A dessert made from flavored milk and rennet.intr.v. jun·ket·ed, jun·ket·ing, jun·kets To go on a junket.

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[Middle English jonket, rush basket, preparation of cream or milk served on rushes, feast; akin to modern French dialectal (Normandy) jonquette, a kind of dessert made with boiled milk, and French jonchée, container made of rushes for draining soft cheeses, soft cheese made in such a container, all ultimately from Latin iuncus, rush; see jonquil.]

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jun′ket·er n.Word History: In medieval times, soft cheeses and similar foods made from milk and cream were prepared in baskets or on mats woven from grasslike plants called rushes. These baskets or mats would have allowed excess liquid to drain away while protecting the mass of coagulated milk or cream from breaking apart. Junket originally meant "rush basket, especially one for carrying fish," and is ultimately derived from the Latin word junca, "rush." Since delicate dishes of cream or milk could be served in these rush baskets or on these mats, junket became the name for the dishes themselves. By the early 1500s, the word had come to refer to an occasion at which a junket might be served—a banquet, feast, or bout of merrymaking in general. Then, during the 1800s in the United States, it developed the meaning "picnic, pleasure excursion with eating and drinking." Americans began to use the word junket especially of trips taken by officials at public expense, ostensibly for fact-finding or diplomatic purposes but really just for the officials' own enjoyment. Junket also came to refer to trips taken by politicians or other influential persons as guests of a business or organization seeking favors—a bribe in the form of cruise tickets.

junket

(ˈdʒʌŋkɪt) n1. an excursion, esp one made for pleasure at public expense by a public official or committee2. (Cookery) a sweet dessert made of flavoured milk set to a curd with rennet3. a feast or festive occasionvb4. (intr) (of a public official, committee, etc) to go on a junket5. to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering[C14 (in the sense: rush basket, hence custard served on rushes): from Old French (dialect) jonquette, from jonc rush, from Latin juncus reed] ˈjunketer, ˈjunketter, ˌjunkeˈteer n ˈjunketing n

jun•ket

(ˈdʒʌŋ kɪt)
n. 1. a custardlike dessert of flavored milk curdled with rennet. 2. a pleasure excursion: a junket down the Mississippi. 3. a trip taken by a government official at public expense, ostensibly for the purpose of obtaining information. v.i. 4. to go on a junket: Congressmen junketing in Asia. v.t. 5. to entertain; feast; regale. [1425–75; Middle English jonket rush basket < Old French (dial.) jonquette=jonc (< Latin juncus reed) + -ette -ette] jun′ket•er, n.

junket

Past participle: junketed
Gerund: junketing

Imperative	junketjunket

Present	I junketyou junkethe/she/it junketswe junketyou junketthey junket

Preterite	I junketedyou junketedhe/she/it junketedwe junketedyou junketedthey junketed

Present Continuous	I am junketingyou are junketinghe/she/it is junketingwe are junketingyou are junketingthey are junketing

Present Perfect	I have junketedyou have junketedhe/she/it has junketedwe have junketedyou have junketedthey have junketed

Past Continuous	I was junketingyou were junketinghe/she/it was junketingwe were junketingyou were junketingthey were junketing

Past Perfect	I had junketedyou had junketedhe/she/it had junketedwe had junketedyou had junketedthey had junketed

Future	I will junketyou will junkethe/she/it will junketwe will junketyou will junketthey will junket

Future Perfect	I will have junketedyou will have junketedhe/she/it will have junketedwe will have junketedyou will have junketedthey will have junketed

Future Continuous	I will be junketingyou will be junketinghe/she/it will be junketingwe will be junketingyou will be junketingthey will be junketing

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been junketingyou have been junketinghe/she/it has been junketingwe have been junketingyou have been junketingthey have been junketing

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been junketingyou will have been junketinghe/she/it will have been junketingwe will have been junketingyou will have been junketingthey will have been junketing

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been junketingyou had been junketinghe/she/it had been junketingwe had been junketingyou had been junketingthey had been junketing

Conditional	I would junketyou would junkethe/she/it would junketwe would junketyou would junketthey would junket

Past Conditional	I would have junketedyou would have junketedhe/she/it would have junketedwe would have junketedyou would have junketedthey would have junketed

Thesaurus

Noun

1.junket - dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennetafters, dessert, sweet - a dish served as the last course of a meal

2.junket - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, excursion, sashay, expeditionjourney, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to anotherairing - a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air; "he took the dogs for an airing"field trip - a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination

3.junket - a trip taken by an official at public expensetrip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"

Verb

1.junket - go on a pleasure tripjunketeerjaunt, travel, trip - make a trip for pleasure

2.junket - provide a feast or banquet for banquet, feastfeast, banquet, junket - partake in a feast or banquethost - be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"

3.junket - partake in a feast or banquet feast, banqueteat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"banquet, feast, junket - provide a feast or banquet forwine and dine - eat sumptuously; "we wined and dined in Paris"

junket

noun1. A large meal elaborately prepared or served:banquet, feast.Informal: feed, spread.2. A usually short journey taken for pleasure:excursion, jaunt, outing, trip.

Translations

凝乳甜食品

junket

(ˈdpzaŋkit) noun a dish made of curdled and sweetened milk. 凝乳甜食 凝乳甜食品