| 单词 | butter |
| 释义 | butter1 /butˈər/noun
ORIGIN: OE butere; Ger Butter; both from L būtȳrum, from Gr boutȳron, appar from bous ox, and tȳros cheese buttˈerine /-ēn/ noun A margarine made partly from milk buttˈeriness noun buttˈery adjective
A roll made with a buttery dough buttˈer-and-eggs noun Any of various plants with two-toned yellow flowers buttˈer-bake (Scot) or buttˈer-biscuit noun A cake like a biscuit but softer buttˈerball noun
butter bean noun Any of several varieties of lima bean buttˈer-bird noun In Jamaica, the bobolink butter-biscuit see butter-bake above. buttˈer-boat noun A container for melted butter at table buttˈer-box noun
buttˈerbur or buttˈerdock noun A plant related to coltsfoot with knobbed masses of flower-heads and great rhubarb-like leaves butter cloth or butter muslin noun A loose-woven cloth formerly used for wrapping butter buttˈer-cooler noun A dish for keeping butter in water at table butter cream noun Butter and sugar beaten together with flavouring and sometimes colouring and used to fill and top cakes, etc buttˈercup noun A crowfoot (genus Ranunculus), esp of one of those species that have golden-yellow cup-shaped flowers butter dish or butter plate noun A dish or plate for holding butter at table butterdock see butterbur above. buttered eggs plural noun (archaic) Scrambled eggs buttˈerfat noun The fat contained in butter, chiefly glycerides of palmitic and oleic acids buttˈerfingered adjective (informal). buttˈerfingers singular noun (informal) Someone who lets a ball, etc they ought to catch slip through their fingers buttˈerfish noun A name for various slimy fishes, esp the gunnel buttˈerfly noun (pl buttˈerflies)
adjective Light, flighty, like a butterfly buttˈerfly-bow noun A bow whose loops and ends are spread like a butterfly's wings butterfly bush noun Buddleia butterfly clip or butterfly plaster noun A lightweight adhesive plaster, with broadened ends, used in place of a suture to draw together the edges of superficial wounds butterfly effect noun The theory that a small variation at the beginning of a process can lead to a huge variation at a later stage butterfly fish noun
butterfly flower noun One adapted for pollination by butterflies butterfly kiss noun A caress consisting of fluttering the eyelashes against one's partner's skin butterfly knife noun A folding pocket knife with two rotating handles butterfly net noun A small-meshed conical net with a wide round open end on a hoop attached to a handle, used for catching butterflies butterfly nut see butterfly screw below. butterfly orchis or butterfly orchid noun Any of various orchids with flowers resembling a butterfly butterfly plaster see butterfly clip above. butterfly screw or butterfly nut noun A screw or nut turned by winged finger-grips butterfly stroke noun (swimming) A stroke performed lying on one's front, the arms working simultaneously with an overarm action, and with an undulating movement of both legs together from the hips butterfly valve noun
butterfly weed noun Pleurisy-root butterhead lettuce noun A kind of soft-leaved yellow-hearted lettuce butter icing noun Butter cream butter knife noun A blunt knife for taking butter from a butter dish buttˈermilk noun The liquid that remains after butter has been separated from cream by churning butter muslin see butter cloth above. buttˈernut noun
butter oil noun A dairy product consisting almost entirely of milk fat buttˈer-paper noun A translucent greaseproof paper suitable for wrapping butter butter pat noun
butter plate see butter dish above. buttˈer-print noun
buttˈerscotch noun
buttˈer-tree noun Any of various trees that yield a buttery substance, esp of the genera Bassia, Butyrospermum, Caryocar, Pentadesma buttˈer-wife or buttˈer-woman noun (obsolete) A woman who makes and sells butter buttˈerwort noun Any species of Pinguicula, a genus of insectivorous bog-plants (family Lentibulariaceae) with glistening sticky leaves buttˈery-fingered adjective Butterfingered buttery fingers singular noun Butterfingers butterflies in the stomach (informal) Nervous tremors in the stomach butter up (informal) To flatter look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth To look speciously innocent or well-behaved butt1 /but/transitive verbTo strike with the head, as a goat, etc does intransitive verb
A push or blow with the head ORIGIN: OFr boter to push, strike buttˈer noun An animal that butts butt in To interfere, thrust oneself into a conversation, etc butt out (N American and Aust) To refrain from interfering |
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