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单词 cruller
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Definition of cruller in English:

cruller

noun ˈkrʌləˈkrələr
North American
  • A small cake made of rich dough twisted or curled and fried in deep fat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Think again of height and weight: The two are related, but there are other variables - a fondness for exercise, a taste for chocolate crullers - that can determine how much you weigh.
    • Then, with bittersweet feelings, we realize how much we love what our parents loved - the long, fried crullers at dim sum; the smells of strange-looking fruit in Chinatown; the simplicity of chopsticks in one's hand.
    • She bit into her cruller, shaking her head, and cast a look to Kieran.
    • The sooner he could get this ‘journey of discovery’ over with, the sooner they'd be on a plane home and the closer he'd be to a powdered cruller and a decent cup of coffee.
    • I grab some coffee and a cruller and make my appointed rounds.
    • Mark then completely forgot about his cruller and headed for his dressing room.
    • For homecomings and family gatherings, there is usually a sumptuous spread of cakes and pastries, including crullers and thin pancakes rolled around whipped cream.
    • For five minutes, everyone either threw down exact change or made their own change without any notice from Ralph; he was just too busy pouring coffee or retrieving crullers to pay any attention to the money situation.
    • After that, I stopped at a corner stall where people were standing around eating - as I'd hoped, it was a place that made fresh dumplings and crullers - breakfast food.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Dutch kruller, from krullen 'to curl'.

Rhymes

colour (US color), culler, medulla, mullah, Muller, nullah, sculler, Sulla
 
 

Definition of cruller in US English:

cruller

nounˈkrələrˈkrələr
North American
  • A small cake made of rich, sweetened dough twisted or curled and fried in deep fat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I grab some coffee and a cruller and make my appointed rounds.
    • Then, with bittersweet feelings, we realize how much we love what our parents loved - the long, fried crullers at dim sum; the smells of strange-looking fruit in Chinatown; the simplicity of chopsticks in one's hand.
    • For five minutes, everyone either threw down exact change or made their own change without any notice from Ralph; he was just too busy pouring coffee or retrieving crullers to pay any attention to the money situation.
    • She bit into her cruller, shaking her head, and cast a look to Kieran.
    • For homecomings and family gatherings, there is usually a sumptuous spread of cakes and pastries, including crullers and thin pancakes rolled around whipped cream.
    • Mark then completely forgot about his cruller and headed for his dressing room.
    • Think again of height and weight: The two are related, but there are other variables - a fondness for exercise, a taste for chocolate crullers - that can determine how much you weigh.
    • The sooner he could get this ‘journey of discovery’ over with, the sooner they'd be on a plane home and the closer he'd be to a powdered cruller and a decent cup of coffee.
    • After that, I stopped at a corner stall where people were standing around eating - as I'd hoped, it was a place that made fresh dumplings and crullers - breakfast food.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Dutch kruller, from krullen ‘to curl’.

 
 
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