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单词 cheesemite
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cheese1 /chēz/

noun
  1. A kind of food made from the curd of milk coagulated by rennet, separated from the whey, of a soft creamy consistency or pressed into a solid or semi-solid mass, traditionally and usually wheel-shaped
  2. A solid mass of this
  3. A flavoured kind of food, with the consistency of soft cheese, eg lemon cheese
  4. Anything of the shape of a whole cheese
  5. The receptacle of a thistle-head
  6. The cheese-shaped disc used in skittles
ORIGIN: OE cēse, cȳse curdled milk (cf Ger Käse cheese), from L cāseus

cheesˈiness noun

cheesˈy adjective

  1. Having the nature of cheese
  2. (of a smile) broad (informal)
  3. Having a popular appeal in spite of being artificial or inferior (informal)

cheeseˈboard noun

  1. A flat wooden board on which cheese is cut and served
  2. A collection of cheeses served on such a board

cheeseˈburger noun

A hamburger with melted cheese on top of it

cheeseˈcake noun

  1. A kind of cake having a base of pastry or biscuit crumbs, with a filling of cream cheese, sugar, eggs, flavouring, etc
  2. Women with sex appeal, esp when pictured erotically or pornographically in magazines, etc (slang; cf beefcake)

cheeseˈcloth noun

  1. A loose-woven light gauze used for wrapping cheeses
  2. A stronger type of loosely-woven cotton cloth used for making shirts, etc

cheeseˈcutter noun (nautical)

  1. A movable keel that may be drawn up inside a boat
  2. A square-peaked cap

cheeseˈ-head adjective

(of bolts and screws) having a short thick cylindrical head

cheeseˈhopper or cheese skipper noun

A small fly (Piophila casei) whose larvae feed on cheese and move by jumping

cheeseˈmite noun

A very small arachnid (Tyroglyphus longior) that breeds in cheese

cheeseˈmonger noun

A dealer in cheese

cheeseˈparer noun

A mean or stingy person, a skinflint

cheeseˈparing noun

  1. Orig a paring of cheese rind
  2. Parsimony, stinginess

adjective

Mean and parsimonious

cheese plant see Swiss cheese plant under Swiss

cheeseˈpress noun

A machine or device in which curds for cheese are pressed

cheeseˈ-rennet noun

The plant lady's bedstraw, said to have been used formerly as rennet in curdling milk

cheeseˈsteak noun (US)

A long roll filled with grilled sliced beef and melted cheese

cheese straw noun

A long thin piece of pastry flavoured with cheese

cheeseˈtaster noun

A long hollow tool for taking a sample from the inside of a cheese

cheeseˈvat noun

A vat or wooden case in which curds are separated or pressed in cheese making

cheeseˈwire noun

A thin wire used for cutting cheese

cheeseˈwood noun (Aust)

The yellow wood of various Australian trees of the genus Pittosporum

cheeseˈwring noun

Another name for a cheesepress

green cheese

Unripe or unmatured cheese

hard cheese (informal)

Hard luck

make cheeses (archaic)

To whirl round and then sink down suddenly so as to make the skirt stand out like a cheese
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