butter

Word family nounbutterbuttheadverbbutt

Related topics: Food, dish

but·ter1 /ˈbʌtə $ -ər/ S2 noun [uncountableU]

1. DFFa solid yellow food made from milk or cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking 黄油，牛油 → bread-and-butter

2. butter wouldn’t melt in somebody’s mouth PRETENDused to say that someone seems to be very kind and sincere but is not really 某人装出一副老实样

—buttery adjectiveadj

n COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

salted/unsalted (=with or without salt in it)

Unsalted butter is better for baking.

Most butter is slightly salted.

melted butter (=heated until it is liquid)

Brush the pastry with a little melted butter.

phrases

a pat of butter (=a small flat piece)

Breakfast was a small roll and a pat of butter.

a knob of butter (=a small round piece)

Add a knob of butter to the meat juices in the pan.

a lump of butter

He served himself a big lump of butter.

verbs

spread butter on something

Lee was spreading butter on his toast.

spread something with butter

Spread the warm crumpets with butter.

melt butter

Melt the butter and mix it with the other ingredients.

soften butter

First soften the butter in a warm place.

Examples from the Corpus

butter• Use colander to strain. 5 Tip peas into serving dish. 6 Get butter from refrigerator.• Hot soup, stew or casserole in a thermos flask, plus a roll - but no butter or margarine.• Or use a combination of butter and margarine in cooking if you prefer the butter flavor.• Beat the butter and sugar together.• Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy and light.• The inside is soft and moist, soaking up the butter.• Roll up each piece of fish and put into an ovenproof dish, pour over the marinade and dot with the butter.• Whipped margarine, like whipped butter, has fewer calories per equal volume than regular margarine.• My sister-in-law Joy has another twist on this white / yellow / butter / salt / sweet comfort food thing.

单词	butter
释义	butter Word family nounbutterbuttheadverbbutt Related topics: Food, dish but·ter1 /ˈbʌtə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 noun [uncountableU] 1. DFFa solid yellow food made from milk or cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking 黄油，牛油 → bread-and-butter 2. butter wouldn’t melt in somebody’s mouth PRETENDused to say that someone seems to be very kind and sincere but is not really 某人装出一副老实样 —buttery adjectiveadj n COLLOCATIONS adjectives salted/unsalted (=with or without salt in it) Unsalted butter is better for baking. Most butter is slightly salted. melted butter (=heated until it is liquid) Brush the pastry with a little melted butter. phrases a pat of butter (=a small flat piece) Breakfast was a small roll and a pat of butter. a knob of butter (=a small round piece) Add a knob of butter to the meat juices in the pan. a lump of butter He served himself a big lump of butter. verbs spread butter on something Lee was spreading butter on his toast. spread something with butter Spread the warm crumpets with butter. melt butter Melt the butter and mix it with the other ingredients. soften butter First soften the butter in a warm place. Examples from the Corpus butter• Use colander to strain. 5 Tip peas into serving dish. 6 Get butter from refrigerator.• Hot soup, stew or casserole in a thermos flask, plus a roll - but no butter or margarine.• Or use a combination of butter and margarine in cooking if you prefer the butter flavor.• Beat the butter and sugar together.• Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy and light.• The inside is soft and moist, soaking up the butter.• Roll up each piece of fish and put into an ovenproof dish, pour over the marinade and dot with the butter.• Whipped margarine, like whipped butter, has fewer calories per equal volume than regular margarine.• My sister-in-law Joy has another twist on this white / yellow / butter / salt / sweet comfort food thing. Related topics: Cooking butter2 verb [transitiveT] 1 DFCto spread butter on something 涂黄油于… buttered toast 涂了黄油的烤面包片 2 butter somebody ↔ up phrasal verbphr v informalPRAISE to say nice things to someone so that they will do what you want 奉承，讨好〔某人〕 Don’t think you can butter me up that easily. 不要以为你这么容易就能讨好我。 Examples from the Corpus butter up• From the title I expected Nathan to just butter Jackie up.• Agree with him. Butter him up a bit.• Silly-Willie popped them back in the oven and buttered them up himself. Examples from the Corpus butter• Neither method requires the bread to be buttered.• The toast, buttered and sugared and sprinkled with cinnamon, was cut into large triangles and laid out on platters.• buttered bread Origin butter1 Old English butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous “cow” + tyros “cheese”
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