cream

英 [kri?m] 美[krim]

CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?creams;第三人稱單數:?creams;過去式:?creamed;過去分詞:?creamed;現在分詞:?creaming;

cream 奶油

來自拉丁詞chrisma（油膏，詞源同Chrism）和cramum（奶油）的合成詞。

cream: cream: [14] Cream seems to have come from two distinct late Latin sources: crānum ‘cream’, which may be of Gaulish origin, and chrisma ‘ointment’ (from which English gets chrism [OE]). These two were probably blended together to produce Old French cresme or craime, immediate source of the English word. (Modern French crème was borrowed into English in the 19th century.)
=> chrism
cream (n.): early 14c., creyme, from Old French cresme (13c., Modern French crème) "chrism, holy oil," blend of Late Latin chrisma "ointment" (from Greek khrisma "unguent;" see chrism) and Late Latin cramum "cream," which is perhaps from Gaulish. Replaced Old English ream. Re-borrowed 19c. from French as creme. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1580s. Cream-cheese is from 1580s.
cream (v.): mid-15c., "to foam," from cream (n.). Meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. Related: Creamed; creaming.

2. The Ball was attended by the cream of Hollywood society.: 好萊塢的大牌影星們出席了那個舞會。

3. Garnish the plate with whipped cream rosettes and fresh fruits.: 用玫瑰花形的摜奶油和新鮮的水果作配菜點綴盤子。

4. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.: 這意味著在貸款業務劇增時小銀行能夠獲得大筆利潤。

5. He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy.: 他被控從經濟中撈取了豐厚的油水。