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- a sweet or savoury dish made as a smooth light mass with whipped cream and beaten egg white, flavoured with chocolate, fish, etc., and typically served chilled慕斯, 奶油冻（用掼奶油和蛋清为原料, 以巧克力、鱼等作配料制成的轻软的甜味或鲜味食品, 通常冷冻后食用）：
avoid mousses and gateaux
避免吃奶油冻和奶油蛋糕
mass noun sponge topped with chocolate mousse.浇了巧克力奶油冻的松蛋糕。
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- mass noun a soft, light, or aerated gel such as a soap preparation泡腾凝胶体（如皂液等）：
fragrant shower mousse.
清香的淋浴露。
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- mass noun a frothy preparation that is applied to the hair, enabling it to be styled more easily（定发型用）摩丝。
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- （亦作chocolate mousse）[mass noun] a brown frothy emulsion of oil and seawater formed by weathering of an oil slick海水油胶（海面浮油日晒风吹后形成的褐色泡沫状油胶和海水混合物）。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French， 'moss or froth'.