cream

• n. 奶油，乳脂；精华；面霜；乳酪

来自拉丁词chrisma（油膏，词源同Chrism）和cramum（奶油）的合成词。

1. the best people or things in a group;

"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

2. the part of milk containing the butterfat

3. toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

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.

In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it's picking one of thirty-one ice cream flavors, or deciding whether and when to get married.

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I didn't mean to eat anything but the ice cream looked so good that I couldn't help trying it.

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In the town of Tiverton, a new ice-cream store, the Muddy Moos, is opened.

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It's a great place to get ice-cream, coffee and other food.

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The pony responsible was queuing up for some ice cream in the car park near Haytor, and perhaps thought I'd jumped in ahead of him.

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This makes a fun activity for a children's party; they love feeding the fruit and frozen bananas into the top of the machine and watching the ice cream come out below.

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This tour transports you back in time to one of San Francisco's most fantastic periods, the 1950s! Enjoy fun history as we take you through San Francisco for a free taste of ice cream.

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When combined with berries of slices of other fruits, frozen bananas make an excellent base for thick, cooling fruit shakes and low fat "ice cream".

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Facebook, therefore, is a self-enhancer's paradise,where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit, style, beauty, intellect and lifestyles.

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The best students were creamed off by the grammar schools.

最好的学生都已被文法学校录取。

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We got creamed in the first round.

我们在第一轮就被彻底打败了。

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Cream the butter and sugar together.

把黄油和糖搅成糊状。

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a cream linen suit

米色的亚麻布套装

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the cream of the crop of this season's movies

本季节电影的最佳影片

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a chocolate/peppermint cream

巧克力 / 薄荷奶油夹心糖

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hand/moisturizing cream

护手 / 润肤霜

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antiseptic cream

抗菌药膏

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a cream cleaner

乳液清洁剂

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the cream of New York society

纽约社会的精英

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(British English)cream cakes (= containing cream)

奶油蛋糕

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(British English) double/single cream (= thick/thin cream)

浓 / 稀奶油

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strawberries and cream

加奶油的草莓

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Would you like milk or cream in your coffee?

你的咖啡里要牛奶还是奶油？

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fresh/whipped cream

新鲜的 / 搅打过的奶油

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...the cream of Chicago's 200 jazz and blues clubs.

芝加哥200家爵士乐和蓝调乐俱乐部中最优秀的成员

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The Ball was attended by the cream of Hollywood society.

好莱坞的大牌影星们出席了那个舞会。

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...a cream-coloured Persian cat.

米色的波斯猫

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...strawberries and cream.

奶油草莓

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...cream of mushroom soup.

奶油蘑菇汤

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Gently apply the cream to the affected areas.

把药膏轻轻涂抹在患处。

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...sun protection creams.

防晒霜

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...cream silk stockings.

米色丝袜

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