butter

英 ['bʌtə(r)] 美 ['bʌtər]

• n. 黄油；奶油
• vt. 涂黄油；奉承

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]黄油

   fairly solid yellow fat made from milk or cream

2. [U]黄油状的食品

   similar food substance made from the specified material

v. (动词)

1. vt. 涂黄油于…上

   spread butter on (sth)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 黄油，奶油，白脱油
2. 酱
3. 像奶油的食品，像黄油的东西
4. <口>奉承话，甜言蜜语，巴结话
5. 脂，植物脂
6. 脂状物
7. 焊膏
8. 酥油
9. 泥

v. 动词

1. 涂奶油于，在...上涂黄油
2. 以奶油调味
3. 以花言巧语讨好，以甜言蜜语巴结某人 ，拍马屁，过分恭维，谄媚，奉承，巴结（常与up连用）
4. 用黄油煎食物
5. 搽黄油，涂上黄油

英英释义

Noun:

1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

Verb:

1. spread butter on;

   "butter bread"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. inflict symbolically
   
2. My mother asked me to cream the butter and sugar together.
   妈妈让我把黄油和糖搅成奶油状。
3. She cooks omelets in butter as they do in France.
   她用奶油做法国式的蛋卷。
4. She filmed a slice of bread with butter.
   她涂一层薄薄的奶油在一片面包上。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I'll butter the bread.
   我会给面包涂上黄油。
2. He began to butter up the director in hope of being given a better job
   他开始奉承主任，希望得到一份更好的工作。
3. I've seen you buttering up the boss!
   我看见你巴结老板来着！

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Butter is made by shaking up cream in a churn.
   黄油是通过在搅拌桶里搅拌牛奶制成的。
2. Melt the butter and then blend in the flour.
   先把黄油融化,然后加入面粉。
3. She combined some sugar, flour and butter to make some cookies.
   她把白糖、面粉和黄油和在一起做小甜饼。
4. Butter to butter is no relish.
   黄油加黄油不成美味。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. She buttered her bread.
   她在面包上涂黄油。
2. Fine words butter no parsnips.
   花言巧语是不中用的。

经典引文

• Fine words butter no parsnips.

  出自：Proverb

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

〈非正〉假装天真无邪; 表面上一副老实样子 look as if innocent and artless

用作动词 (v.)

butter up (v.+adv.)

阿谀; 谄媚 flatter
butter sb ⇔ up
Cage tried hard to butter up the boss.

凯奇拼命拍老板的马屁。
He suspected that they were buttering him up when everyone suddenly started being nice to him.

当他们突然开始对他好的时候,他怀疑他们是在讨好他。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• churn butter 用搅乳器搅制黄油
• make butter 制黄油
• spread butter on bread 在面包上涂黄油

形容词+～

• fresh butter 新鲜的黄油
• rancid butter 腐臭的黄油
• salted butter 咸黄油
• sweet butter 甜黄油

名词+～

• apple butter 苹果酱
• cocoa butter 可可脂
• peanut butter 花生酱

介词+～

• fry in butter 用黄油煎
• spread a slice of bread with butter 在一片面包上涂黄油

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. butter用作名词的基本意思是“黄油”,是不可数名词。引申可表示“黄油状的食品”,如“脂”“酱”等。

v. (动词)

1. butter用作及物动词的基本意思是“涂黄油于…上”,常接副词up用于比喻表示“阿谀”“谄媚”。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自希腊语的bouturon，意为奶酪。

近反义词

【近义词】

• oil 油
• yellow 黄色的