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单词 tsimmes
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Definition of tsimmes in English:

tsimmes

(also tzimmes, tzimmis)
nounˈtsɪməsˈtsimis
  • 1A Jewish stew of sweetened vegetables or vegetables and fruit, sometimes with meat.

    犹太什锦甜味炖菜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He mentioned a trip to New York where he went to the oldest Jewish restaurant in the city hoping to eat one of his favorite dishes, tzimmis [a carrot-based stew].
    • Linger over platters of tzimmes with prunes and raisins, braised brisket with potatoes and, for dessert, gooseberry clafouti with homemade ice cream.
    • Grandma Ida fusses obsessively over dishes as consecrated as any Divine law: matzo balls, sweetest carrot tzimmes, potato kugel, the lightest sponge cake.
    • A sweet carrot stew called a tzimmes is often served.
    1. 1.1 A fuss or muddle.
      〈喻〉忙乱,混乱
      why are you making such a tsimmes?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For almost four years now, plaintiff and her attorneys have been subjected to the constant kvetching by defendants' counsel, who have made a big tsimmes about the quantity and quality of plaintiff's responses to discovery requests.
      • It is time also for Commonweal to make a policy of asking someone at Fordham or Columbia or NYU to read the technical appendix of a book and determine the adequacy of the sample design before it decides to make a gantze tsimmes out of it.
      • It seems to me that it is the press and the political pundits that are making such a tsimmes out of the money raised.

Origin

Yiddish.

Definition of tsimmes in US English:

tsimmes

(also tzimmes, tzimmis)
nounˈtsimis
  • 1A Jewish stew of sweetened vegetables or vegetables and fruit, sometimes with meat.

    犹太什锦甜味炖菜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He mentioned a trip to New York where he went to the oldest Jewish restaurant in the city hoping to eat one of his favorite dishes, tzimmis [a carrot-based stew].
    • A sweet carrot stew called a tzimmes is often served.
    • Grandma Ida fusses obsessively over dishes as consecrated as any Divine law: matzo balls, sweetest carrot tzimmes, potato kugel, the lightest sponge cake.
    • Linger over platters of tzimmes with prunes and raisins, braised brisket with potatoes and, for dessert, gooseberry clafouti with homemade ice cream.
    1. 1.1 A fuss or muddle.
      〈喻〉忙乱,混乱
      why are you making such a tsimmes?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is time also for Commonweal to make a policy of asking someone at Fordham or Columbia or NYU to read the technical appendix of a book and determine the adequacy of the sample design before it decides to make a gantze tsimmes out of it.
      • It seems to me that it is the press and the political pundits that are making such a tsimmes out of the money raised.
      • For almost four years now, plaintiff and her attorneys have been subjected to the constant kvetching by defendants' counsel, who have made a big tsimmes about the quantity and quality of plaintiff's responses to discovery requests.

Origin

Yiddish.

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