| 释义 |
pud·ding
\ˈpu̇diŋ, -dēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English; perhaps akin to Old English puduc wart, Low German puddek sausage, puddig swollen
1.
a. : blood sausage
b. obsolete : sausage stuffing for roast meat
< that roasted … ox with the pudding in his belly — Shakespeare >
c. dialect England : guts — usually used in plural
2.
a.
(1) : a boiled or baked unsweetened soft food usually having a cereal base and a texture resembling custard and eaten either as a main course or as a side dish
< Virginia chicken pudding >
< corn pudding >
— compare hasty pudding, yorkshire pudding
(2) : a usually boiled or baked sweetened dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency
< bread pudding >
< rice pudding >
< chocolate pudding >
b. : an unsweetened dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag but now often steamed or baked
< fig pudding >
< beefsteak and kidney pudding >
— compare plum pudding
c. : something that resembles a pudding
< pudding bolster >
< the low bogs … had been churned to chocolate-colored puddings of ancient peat — Farley Mowat >
3.
a. : a tapered fender usually made of rope yarn or canvas and attached to the stern of a ship
< the bow of your dinghy should be protected by a big, soft pudding — H.A.Calahan >
b. : a soft padding especially a binding around a metal ring used to prevent parts of a ship's rigging from chafing
4.
a. : inherent quality : ability to measure up to expectations : adequacy, merit
< proved his pudding commercially — Newsweek >
< the proof of the pudding is in the eating >
b. : tangible support or profit
< truth with gold she weighs, and solid pudding against empty praise — Alexander Pope > |