chocolate
/ˈtʃɒkələt/noun
mass noun
1- a food preparation in the form of a paste or solid block made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened and eaten as confectionery巧克力:
a bar of chocolate.
一块巧克力。
as modifier a chocolate biscuit.巧克力饼干。
1.1
- count noun a sweet made of or covered with such confectionery巧克力糖:
a box of chocolates.
一盒巧克力糖。
1.2
- a drink made by mixing milk or water with chocolate巧克力饮料; 巧克力牛奶。
1.3
- a deep brown colour巧克力色, 深棕色, 赭色:
the former Great Western colours of chocolate and cream
以前大西部流行的赭色和米色搭配的色调
as modifier huge spiders, yellow and chocolate brown.巨型蜘蛛, 黄棕相间。
派生词
chocolatey
(亦作chocolaty)adjective词源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'a drink made with chocolate'): from French chocolat or Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl chocolatl'food made from cacao seeds', influenced by unrelated cacaua-atl'drink made from cacao'.