mass noun
1
- a food made from the pressed curds of milk, firm and elastic or soft and semiliquid in texture干酪, 乳酪, 奶酪：
grated cheese
碎干酪
as modifier a cheese sandwich奶酪三明治
count noun a cow's milk cheese.一种牛乳干酪。
1.1
- count noun a complete cake of such food with its rind带皮的乳酪块。
1.2
- with modifier Brit. a conserve having the consistency of soft cheese〈英〉（黏稠度像乳酪的）膏, 酱：
lemon cheese.
柠檬酱。
1.3
- count noun a round flat object resembling a complete cake of cheese, such as the heavy flat wooden disc used in skittles and other games原装乳酪样的扁圆物（如九柱戏等游戏中使用的木圆盘）。
2
- informal the quality of being too obviously sentimental〈非正式〉过分的温情：
the conversations tend too far towards cheese.
交谈变得过分温情了。
短语
hard cheese
- Brit. informal used to express sympathy over a petty matter〈英, 非正式〉［用于对小事表达同情］倒霉, 不幸。
say cheese
- said by a photographer to encourage the subject to smile（摄影者鼓励被拍者笑时说的）笑一笑。
词源
Old English cēse, cȳse， of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaas and German Käse; from Latin caseus.
with obj.(一般作be cheesed off)
- Brit. informal exasperate, frustrate, or bore (someone)〈英, 非正式〉激怒; 使沮丧; 使厌烦：
I got a bit cheesed off with the movie.
这部电影让我感到有点厌烦。
短语
cheese it!
1
- Brit. archaic used to urge someone to stop doing something〈英, 古〉停！
2
- dated used to urge someone to make a hasty departure from somewhere〈旧〉快走：
Cheese it, here comes Mr Madigan!
快走, 麦迪根先生来啦！
词源
early 19th cent. （in sense 1 of cheese it）： of unknown origin.