| 单词 | yolk |
| 释义 | yolk (once / 1398 pages) n A yolk is the inner, yellow part of an egg. If you order eggs "sunny side up," those "suns" are the egg yolks. When a bird lays an egg that's fertilized and begins to grow into a baby bird, the yolk is the substance that nourishes the bird embryo. The eggs we eat have yolks too, but since they are unfertilized, these protein-rich yolks can be beaten into omelettes or mixed into cake batter. The Old English root of yolk, geolca, literally means "the yellow part." WORD FAMILYyolk: yolks USAGE EXAMPLESPlace the skillet in the oven and bake until the yolks are just set, about 8 minutes. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Whisk the yolks by hand until they are well blended. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) She explains that the cooked yolks prevent the gluten in the flour from becoming overdeveloped and thus produce a “meltingly tender” dough. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) 1n nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) Syn|Hyper vitellus food, nutrient any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue 2n the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen Syn|Hyper egg yolk fixings, ingredient food that is a component of a mixture in cooking |
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