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单词 butteriness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
but•ter•y1 /ˈbʌtəri/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. like, containing, or spread with butter:a very buttery cake.

but•ter•y2 /ˈbʌtəri, ˈbʌtri/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ter•ies. 
  1. British TermsBrit. a room in a college or university where students may buy food and drink.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
but•ter•y1  (butə rē),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. like, containing, or spread with butter.
  2. resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture:a vest of buttery leather.
  3. grossly flattering;
    smarmy.
  • Middle English buttry. See butter, -y1 1350–1400
butter•i•ness, n. 

but•ter•y2  (butə rē, butrē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ter•ies. 
  1. Dialect Terms[Chiefly New Eng.]a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept;
    pantry;
    larder.
  2. British Termsa room in colleges, esp. at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.
  • Anglo-French, probably equivalent. to bote butt4 + -erie -ery
  • Middle English boterie 1350–1400

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