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单词 whisk
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Definition of whisk in English:

whisk

verb wɪsk(h)wɪsk
  • 1with object and adverbial of direction Take or move (someone or something) somewhere suddenly and quickly.

    迅速移动;飞快带走;急忙运送

    he whisked her off to Paris for a few days
    his jacket was whisked away for dry-cleaning

    他的外套被匆匆送去干洗了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But I was quickly whisked through to a private back room, where my new friend Kelly invited me to lie down and relax.
    • He was immediately whisked to the adjacent cardiac unit, suffering from what was described to me as ‘an angina attack’.
    • She was then whisked off to town centre hairdressers Robert Michael to have her hair restyled and highlighted, followed by a visit to Snaith's Market Court beauty clinic for a full facial.
    • He is quickly whisked back to his car and it speeds away to the next venue.
    • Suddenly, I was whisked back to my childhood and Sesame Street.
    • A rail link whisks you into the heart of the action in about 15 minutes.
    • I am whisked through the doors to a chaos of people and boxes and props on the other side.
    • I asked Mr. Tobin a question, and he replied with another question - and before I could volley back yet another query, his aides whisked him away.
    • Our most unusual New Year's Eve was in those heady, pre-parenting days when my husband whisked me off to Amsterdam for what Bridget Jones would call a mini-break.
    • We were whisked quickly through the spick and span Beijing Airport with hardly a question asked.
    • The impresario lists them before whisking us off to the second half of the property: a bar in the process of being built.
    • But in spite of the failing health and instructions from the doctors, some police personnel whisked him away to some unknown destination.
    • It really felt as if the wind could snatch you up and whisk you away, and we almost hoped it would.
    • Davellin has told the court the family was suddenly whisked to Miami and ordered not to watch Bashir's documentary when it was aired in the US.
    • After a little hide and seek with the waiting pressmen, the authorities quickly whisked him into the casualty ward no. 2 at the ground floor through gate 1.
    • No one really sees the pages because users are quickly whisked into the site with a clever JavaScript mouseoever effect.
    • After treatment there for gunshot wounds, he was whisked by the CIA to Thailand where he was housed in a small, disused warehouse on an active airbase.
    • From there, a cable car whisked us to the top of Lagazuio, which gave us spectacular views of the whole Sella Ronda region.
    • Fortunately, I discovered that the Commonwealth team were arriving back from Melbourne, so we whisked Jack straight over to Glasgow International.
    • The current whisks us quickly downstream, into country so empty of human artifacts that it seems as if we're the first people on earth: tundra, sky, a distant wisp of cloud.
    Synonyms
    speed, hurry, rush, catapult
    sweep, hurtle, shoot
    pull, snatch, pluck, tug, jerk, take
    remove
    informal whip, yank
    dash, rush, tear, dart, hasten, hurry, scurry, scuttle, scamper, sprint, race, run, hare, bolt, bound, fly, gallop, career, charge, pound, shoot, hurtle, speed, streak, whizz, zoom, sweep, go like lightning, go hell for leather, go like the wind, flash, double
    informal pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, leg it, belt, zip, whip, go like a bat out of hell
    British informal go like the clappers, bomb, bucket
    Scottish informal wheech
    North American informal boogie, hightail it, barrel, get the lead out
    informal, dated cut along
    archaic post, hie
  • 2with object Beat or stir (a substance, especially cream or eggs) with a light, rapid movement.

    搅打(奶油、蛋等物质)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She would then whisk eggs in a bowl, adding small amounts of oil and water.
    • Meanwhile whisk the eggs, yolks, cheese and cream in a bowl and season with black pepper.
    • Repeat flour and milk step until all has been whisked together.
    • In another bowl whisk the cream until light peaks form.
    • Cook the mixture over a double boiler, whisking constantly until the egg yolks thicken.
    • Using an electric whisk, whisk the whole egg, egg yolk and sugar together until pale and thick, then incorporate the chocolate mixture.
    • Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk the egg and buttermilk in a liquid measuring cup.
    • In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, salt and pepper together until combined.
    • At this stage you can whisk or stir in any chosen flavouring such as sweet chilli sauce.
    • For the dressing, whisk the tomatoes, shallot, oil, water and vinegar together with four pinches of salt.
    • Gradually add the milk, stirring or whisking to form a sauce.
    • Warm a bowl and whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract for five minutes.
    • Pour in the cream and continue to whisk until the mixture forms soft, floppy peaks that just hold their shape.
    • Most ices and sorbets require beating or whisking regularly as they freeze, to break up the ice crystals.
    • Heat gently, add the mussels, whisk in the cream and heat through without boiling.
    • Kevin's wife poured a little milk into the bowl and continued whisking the eggs with a fork.
    • In a bowl, whisk the lemon juice and olive oil with the mint leaves, sea salt and pepper, and drizzle over the courgettes.
    • Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy.
    • Taste for salt and pepper, whisk in the sour cream, and heat through without boiling.
    • For the icing, melt chocolate then stir until smooth and whisk in cream.
    Synonyms
    whip, beat, stir/mix vigorously
noun wɪsk(h)wɪsk
  • 1A utensil for whipping eggs or cream.

    打蛋器;搅打器

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Beat egg white with a whisk or handheld mixer in a small bowl until just stiff.
    • It doesn't take as long a time as you'd think to whip cream with a whisk.
    • Using a balloon whisk or small hand-held electric whisk, whisk slowly and steadily until the mixture starts to turn a pale cream colour.
    • Mix thoroughly using a whisk, but gently so as not to generate too much foam.
    • Gradually add the strained liquid, gently using a whisk to incorporate until smooth.
    • Meanwhile, put the yolks in a mixing bowl and, whisking vigorously (an electric whisk is best), add the 1 tbsp of reduced vinegar.
    • Use either a hand mixer, blender or whisk to beat the hot chocolate until it's frothy.
    • Make the dressing by mixing the yoghurt, tahini paste and olive oil in a blender or with a small whisk.
    • Swap the whisk for a wooden spoon as it thickens, and continue stirring occasionally for 5 to 10 min over medium heat.
    • With a small whisk or fork, beat 1 egg white in a medium bowl until foamy.
    • There are the usual pots and pans, whisks and spatulas as well as those gadgets such as food processors and blenders we cannot live without.
    • Mash the ingredients with a whisk to make a creamy soup.
    • Using a whisk, mix ingredients until smooth and warm.
    • Place the egg and egg yolks with the sugar and cornflour in a heatproof bowl and beat until creamy and fluffy using an electric whisk.
    • In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt, and mix with a whisk to evenly blend.
    • With a clean whisk, beat the egg white till it stands stiff then fold into the mascarpone.
    • The mango parfait is made in minutes with the labour-saving help of an electric food mixer and a hand whisk.
    • Cool until lukewarm then beat with a whisk or electric beaters until creamy.
    • Using an electric whisk if you have one (if not, a hand whisk, a wooden spoon or even a fork will do) start to mix the egg into the flour.
    • Using a hand-held electric whisk, cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
    Synonyms
    beater, mixer, blender, swizzle stick
  • 2A bunch of grass, twigs, or bristles for removing dust or flies.

    弹帚;小笤帚

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The nazir gave me a giraffe-tail fly whisk when I left.
    • Seated on a figured rug, supported by a wooden armrest, he holds a fly whisk in one hand to signify his authority.
    • If you're nostalgic for gin slings, parasols and fly whisks, the White House Rose Garden was the place to be last week.
    • Objects surround the two uniforms: a mop for the cleaner; a fly whisk, medicine containers, and a drum for the nanga.
    • The Kongo quickly adapted European technology that they found useful: the Kongo king substituted an exotic horse tail for the elephant tail he had used as his own personal fly whisk.
  • 3in singular A brief, rapid action or movement.

    迅速移动;一扫而过

    a whisk round St Basil's cathedral

    走马观花地游览圣巴西勒大教堂。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You see it all in a whisk.
    Synonyms
    flick, twitch, wave, sweep, swipe

Origin

Late Middle English: of Scandinavian origin.

Rhymes

bisque, brisk, disc, disk, fisc, frisk, risk

Definition of whisk in US English:

whisk

verb(h)wisk(h)wɪsk
[with object]
  • 1Take or move (someone or something) in a particular direction suddenly and quickly.

    迅速移动;飞快带走;急忙运送

    his jacket was whisked away for dry cleaning

    他的外套被匆匆送去干洗了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was then whisked off to town centre hairdressers Robert Michael to have her hair restyled and highlighted, followed by a visit to Snaith's Market Court beauty clinic for a full facial.
    • No one really sees the pages because users are quickly whisked into the site with a clever JavaScript mouseoever effect.
    • But I was quickly whisked through to a private back room, where my new friend Kelly invited me to lie down and relax.
    • But in spite of the failing health and instructions from the doctors, some police personnel whisked him away to some unknown destination.
    • I asked Mr. Tobin a question, and he replied with another question - and before I could volley back yet another query, his aides whisked him away.
    • He was immediately whisked to the adjacent cardiac unit, suffering from what was described to me as ‘an angina attack’.
    • Davellin has told the court the family was suddenly whisked to Miami and ordered not to watch Bashir's documentary when it was aired in the US.
    • Suddenly, I was whisked back to my childhood and Sesame Street.
    • After treatment there for gunshot wounds, he was whisked by the CIA to Thailand where he was housed in a small, disused warehouse on an active airbase.
    • He is quickly whisked back to his car and it speeds away to the next venue.
    • I am whisked through the doors to a chaos of people and boxes and props on the other side.
    • A rail link whisks you into the heart of the action in about 15 minutes.
    • After a little hide and seek with the waiting pressmen, the authorities quickly whisked him into the casualty ward no. 2 at the ground floor through gate 1.
    • The current whisks us quickly downstream, into country so empty of human artifacts that it seems as if we're the first people on earth: tundra, sky, a distant wisp of cloud.
    • The impresario lists them before whisking us off to the second half of the property: a bar in the process of being built.
    • It really felt as if the wind could snatch you up and whisk you away, and we almost hoped it would.
    • From there, a cable car whisked us to the top of Lagazuio, which gave us spectacular views of the whole Sella Ronda region.
    • We were whisked quickly through the spick and span Beijing Airport with hardly a question asked.
    • Fortunately, I discovered that the Commonwealth team were arriving back from Melbourne, so we whisked Jack straight over to Glasgow International.
    • Our most unusual New Year's Eve was in those heady, pre-parenting days when my husband whisked me off to Amsterdam for what Bridget Jones would call a mini-break.
    Synonyms
    speed, hurry, rush, catapult
    pull, snatch, pluck, tug, jerk, take
    dash, rush, tear, dart, hasten, hurry, scurry, scuttle, scamper, sprint, race, run, hare, bolt, bound, fly, gallop, career, charge, pound, shoot, hurtle, speed, streak, whizz, zoom, sweep, go like lightning, go hell for leather, go like the wind, flash, double
  • 2Beat or stir (a substance, especially cream or eggs) with a light, rapid movement.

    搅打(奶油、蛋等物质)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk the egg and buttermilk in a liquid measuring cup.
    • Kevin's wife poured a little milk into the bowl and continued whisking the eggs with a fork.
    • Gradually add the milk, stirring or whisking to form a sauce.
    • For the dressing, whisk the tomatoes, shallot, oil, water and vinegar together with four pinches of salt.
    • In a bowl, whisk the lemon juice and olive oil with the mint leaves, sea salt and pepper, and drizzle over the courgettes.
    • In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, salt and pepper together until combined.
    • She would then whisk eggs in a bowl, adding small amounts of oil and water.
    • Cook the mixture over a double boiler, whisking constantly until the egg yolks thicken.
    • Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy.
    • Using an electric whisk, whisk the whole egg, egg yolk and sugar together until pale and thick, then incorporate the chocolate mixture.
    • For the icing, melt chocolate then stir until smooth and whisk in cream.
    • In another bowl whisk the cream until light peaks form.
    • Meanwhile whisk the eggs, yolks, cheese and cream in a bowl and season with black pepper.
    • Most ices and sorbets require beating or whisking regularly as they freeze, to break up the ice crystals.
    • Pour in the cream and continue to whisk until the mixture forms soft, floppy peaks that just hold their shape.
    • At this stage you can whisk or stir in any chosen flavouring such as sweet chilli sauce.
    • Warm a bowl and whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract for five minutes.
    • Heat gently, add the mussels, whisk in the cream and heat through without boiling.
    • Repeat flour and milk step until all has been whisked together.
    • Taste for salt and pepper, whisk in the sour cream, and heat through without boiling.
    Synonyms
    whip, beat, mix vigorously, stir vigorously
  • 3US Brush with a whisk broom.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A motorized snow broom whisks away snow following a December dusting at Grand Forks.
    • Chance sat down amid the melting piles of snow that had been whisked through the door.
noun(h)wisk(h)wɪsk
  • 1A utensil for whipping eggs or cream.

    打蛋器;搅打器

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Using a balloon whisk or small hand-held electric whisk, whisk slowly and steadily until the mixture starts to turn a pale cream colour.
    • Swap the whisk for a wooden spoon as it thickens, and continue stirring occasionally for 5 to 10 min over medium heat.
    • Place the egg and egg yolks with the sugar and cornflour in a heatproof bowl and beat until creamy and fluffy using an electric whisk.
    • Use either a hand mixer, blender or whisk to beat the hot chocolate until it's frothy.
    • It doesn't take as long a time as you'd think to whip cream with a whisk.
    • Mash the ingredients with a whisk to make a creamy soup.
    • Meanwhile, put the yolks in a mixing bowl and, whisking vigorously (an electric whisk is best), add the 1 tbsp of reduced vinegar.
    • Using a whisk, mix ingredients until smooth and warm.
    • Make the dressing by mixing the yoghurt, tahini paste and olive oil in a blender or with a small whisk.
    • With a small whisk or fork, beat 1 egg white in a medium bowl until foamy.
    • Gradually add the strained liquid, gently using a whisk to incorporate until smooth.
    • Cool until lukewarm then beat with a whisk or electric beaters until creamy.
    • There are the usual pots and pans, whisks and spatulas as well as those gadgets such as food processors and blenders we cannot live without.
    • In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt, and mix with a whisk to evenly blend.
    • The mango parfait is made in minutes with the labour-saving help of an electric food mixer and a hand whisk.
    • With a clean whisk, beat the egg white till it stands stiff then fold into the mascarpone.
    • Mix thoroughly using a whisk, but gently so as not to generate too much foam.
    • Using an electric whisk if you have one (if not, a hand whisk, a wooden spoon or even a fork will do) start to mix the egg into the flour.
    • Using a hand-held electric whisk, cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
    • Beat egg white with a whisk or handheld mixer in a small bowl until just stiff.
    Synonyms
    beater, mixer, blender, swizzle stick
  • 2A bunch of grass, twigs, or bristles for removing dust or flies.

    弹帚;小笤帚

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The nazir gave me a giraffe-tail fly whisk when I left.
    • The Kongo quickly adapted European technology that they found useful: the Kongo king substituted an exotic horse tail for the elephant tail he had used as his own personal fly whisk.
    • Seated on a figured rug, supported by a wooden armrest, he holds a fly whisk in one hand to signify his authority.
    • If you're nostalgic for gin slings, parasols and fly whisks, the White House Rose Garden was the place to be last week.
    • Objects surround the two uniforms: a mop for the cleaner; a fly whisk, medicine containers, and a drum for the nanga.
  • 3in singular A brief, rapid action or movement.

    迅速移动;一扫而过

    a whisk around St. Basil's cathedral

    走马观花地游览圣巴西勒大教堂。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You see it all in a whisk.
    Synonyms
    flick, twitch, wave, sweep, swipe
  • 4US

    short for whisk broom

Origin

Late Middle English: of Scandinavian origin.

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