| 单词 |
cream-cheese |
| 释义 |
cream-cheese A soft, rich kind of cheese, made of unskimmed milk enriched by the addition of cream; a cheese of this kind. fig. Sometimes used as a type of extreme fastidiousness of taste, elegance of language or style.
1583T. Stocker Hist. Civ. Warres Lowe C. ii. 53 b A pounde of Creame Cheese two Sous. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 65 With this Creame, to make Creame-cheese, ordinarily accustomed to be sold in Summer. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 493 An English gentleman may believe the world was made by chance, or the moon made of cream-cheese, if he pleases. 1848Clough Bothie v, If the cream-cheeses be white, far whiter the hands that made them. c1865Circ. Sc. I. 355/2 Cream-cheese is the richest. |

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