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单词 butter
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butter

noun
 
/ˈbʌtə(r)/
/ˈbʌtər/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1. a soft yellow food made from cream, used in cooking and for spreading on bread
    • Fry the onions in butter.
    • a pat/knob/tablespoon of butter
    • (North American English) a stick (= small pack) of butter
    • Melt the butter in a small pan, add the flour and stir well.
    • Do you want butter or margarine on your toast?
    see also bread and butter, peanut butter
    Extra Examples
    • Cream the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy.
    • He put a large knob of butter on the potatoes.
    • He spread butter on the roll.
    • Put some butter on the crackers, please.
    • Rub the butter into the flour.
    • The butter melted in the heat.
    • This butter doesn't spread very well.
    • You can make frosting out of half a stick of butter and two cups of powdered sugar.
    • courgettes sautéed in butter
    Topics Fooda1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • creamy
    • rancid
    … of butter
    • knob
    • pat
    • slab
    verb + butter
    • put on
    • spread (something with)
    • heat
    butter + verb
    • spread
    • melt
    butter + noun
    • sauce
    • dish
    • knife
    preposition
    • in butter
    phrases
    • bread and butter
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    Word OriginOld English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.
Idioms
butter wouldn’t melt (in somebody’s mouth)
  1. (informal) used to say that somebody seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really
like a knife through butter
  1. (informal) easily; without meeting any difficulty

butter

verb
/ˈbʌtə(r)/
/ˈbʌtər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they butter
/ˈbʌtə(r)/
/ˈbʌtər/
he / she / it butters
/ˈbʌtəz/
/ˈbʌtərz/
past simple buttered
/ˈbʌtəd/
/ˈbʌtərd/
past participle buttered
/ˈbʌtəd/
/ˈbʌtərd/
-ing form buttering
/ˈbʌtərɪŋ/
/ˈbʌtərɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. butter something to spread butter on something
    • She buttered four thick slices of bread.
    • lightly buttered toast
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • generously
    • thickly
    • lightly
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    Word OriginOld English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.
Idioms
know which side your bread is buttered
  1. (informal) to know where you can get an advantage for yourself
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