| 词汇 | cream |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： early 14c., from O.Fr. cresme, blend of L.L. chrisma "ointment" (from Gk. chrisma "unguent"), and L.L. cramum "cream," perhaps from Gaulish. Replaced O.E. ream. Re-borrowed from Fr. 19c., as creme. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1580s. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. Related: Creamy (c.1600). Cream-cheese is from 1580s. Creampuff, in fig. sense of "weakling, sissy" is recorded from 1930s. "I remember my first campaign. My opponent called me a cream puff. That's what he said. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me." [Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., 1987] As a salesman's word, "something that is a tremendous bargain," it is from 1940s. 词根记忆： n. 乳脂,(鲜)奶油;奶油色"Ice-cream!" he screamed in dream."冰淇淋!"他在梦中惊叫道. |
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