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单词 Wensleydale
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Definition of Wensleydale in English:

Wensleydale

noun ˈwɛnzlɪdeɪlˈwenzlēˌdāl
  • 1mass noun A type of white cheese with a crumbly texture.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Blue Wensleydale is unusually firm in texture for a blue cheese.
    • The farm now produces a wide range of award-winning cheeses including Lancashire, Red Leicester, Double Gloucester, Cheshire and Wensleydale.
    • The white part of the cheese is milky and crumbly almost like a Wensleydale.
    • Stilton or a very mature Cheddar have enough of a tang to be interesting, Caerphilly or Wensleydale slightly less so.
    • There are lots of modest veggie dishes that I prepare for lunch or dinner, such as stuffed pepper with couscous, mushroom and coriander or a lump of Wensleydale on toast.
    • One of the best local cheeses is Grimbister, a fresh farmhouse cheese not dissimilar to Wensleydale.
    • The menu consisted of smoked trout, spring chicken, and strawberries and cream, ending with a serving of the Yorkshire cheese, Wensleydale.
  • 2A sheep of a breed with long wool.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sally has been organically farming the fine wool from Wensleydales in Stoodleigh, Devon, for 11 years and now has the largest flock in the world.
    • North Yorkshire farmer Roger Brown certainly pulled no punches as he showed his Wensleydales at an agricultural show yesterday.
    • She now has more than 80 sheep, including Wensleydales, Romneys, New Zealand Corriedale, Corriedale-cross-Shetland, LLanwenog from the Welsh borders and Jacob-cross-Polworth, from Scotland.
    • Topping the sheep lines was the Wensleydale, entered by Jack Watkinson, of Hutton Ghyll, near Leyburn.

Origin

Named after Wensleydale in Yorkshire.

 
 

Definition of Wensleydale in US English:

Wensleydale

nounˈwenzlēˌdāl
  • A light-yellow, firm-textured cow's milk cheese made in England.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stilton or a very mature Cheddar have enough of a tang to be interesting, Caerphilly or Wensleydale slightly less so.
    • The farm now produces a wide range of award-winning cheeses including Lancashire, Red Leicester, Double Gloucester, Cheshire and Wensleydale.
    • There are lots of modest veggie dishes that I prepare for lunch or dinner, such as stuffed pepper with couscous, mushroom and coriander or a lump of Wensleydale on toast.
    • One of the best local cheeses is Grimbister, a fresh farmhouse cheese not dissimilar to Wensleydale.
    • The menu consisted of smoked trout, spring chicken, and strawberries and cream, ending with a serving of the Yorkshire cheese, Wensleydale.
    • Blue Wensleydale is unusually firm in texture for a blue cheese.
    • The white part of the cheese is milky and crumbly almost like a Wensleydale.

Origin

Named after Wensleydale in Yorkshire.

 
 
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