单词 | donut |
释义 | donut (once / 27616 pages) n A donut is a round, deep fried cake, usually with a hole in the center. Your favorite breakfast might be a chocolate donut and a cup of coffee. The word donut is primarily used in the US as an alternative spelling to "doughnut." Either way you spell it, a donut is a delicious, sweet treat that's often glazed or iced, and comes in different varieties, including donuts filled with jelly or cream. Donut historians disagree about the origin of the fried delicacy, although there's consensus that "dough-nuts" were first mentioned in print in 1808, while the donut spelling became popular about 100 years later. WORD FAMILYdonut: donuts USAGE EXAMPLESIf you are more of a Dunkin’ Donuts person, you may be in luck. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) So it should not be a surprise that the first snippet from the show’s reboot would star David Lynch diving into a donut. Time(Dec 19, 2016) After nearly 30 years in Rainier Beach, King Donuts is shutting its doors for good later this month. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) n a small ring-shaped friedcake Syn|Hypo|Hyper doughnut, sinker raised doughnut a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder Berlin doughnut, bismark, jelly doughnuta raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam fastnachtdoughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday friedcake small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat |
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