| 单词 | buttery |
| 释义 | buttery buttery1 —butteriness, n. /but"euh ree/, 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. [1350-1400; ME buttry. See BUTTER, -Y1] buttery2 /but"euh ree, bu"tree/, n. , pl. butteries. 1. Chiefly New Eng. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder. 2. a room in colleges, esp. at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students. [1350-1400; ME boterie < AF, prob. equiv. to bote BUTT4 + -erie -ERY] |
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