mass noun
1
- the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient奶油, 乳脂：
strawberries and cream
草莓和奶油
as modifier a cream cake奶油蛋糕。
1.1
- the part of a liquid that gathers at the top乳状悬浮液; 乳皮。
1.2
- figurative the very best of a group of people or things〈喻〉精英; 精华：
the paper's readership is the cream of American society.
该报的读者是美国社会的精英。
1.3
- a sauce, soup, dessert, or similar food containing cream or milk or having the consistency of cream含奶油（或牛奶）的食品; 奶油状食品：
a tin of cream of mushroom soup
一听奶油蘑菇汤。
1.4
- count noun a sweet of a specified flavour which is creamy in texture, typically covered with chocolate（常指浇有巧克力的）奶油夹心糖：
a peppermint cream
薄荷奶油糖。
1.5
- count noun a biscuit with a creamy filling奶油夹心饼干：
a custard cream
蛋奶沙司夹心饼干。
2
- a thick liquid or semi-solid cosmetic or medical preparation applied to the skin（药用）乳膏; （化妆用）乳霜：
shaving cream
剃须膏
count noun moisturizing creams润肤霜。
3
- a very pale yellow or off-white colour奶油色, 浅黄色, 米色：
the dress is available in white or cream
这种连衣裙有白色或米色两种颜色
as modifier a cream linen jacket米色亚麻布夹克衫。
with obj.
1
- work (butter, typically with sugar) to form a smooth soft paste使（黄油, 常与食糖一起）搅成糊状。
1.1
- usu. as adj. creamed mash (a cooked vegetable) and mix with milk or cream把（煮熟的蔬菜）捣碎后与牛奶（或奶油）拌和：
creamed turnips.
奶油拌芜菁。
1.2
- add cream to (coffee)在（咖啡）中加奶油。
2
- rub a cosmetic cream into (the skin)在（皮肤上）搽乳霜：
Madge was creaming her face in front of the mirror.
玛奇在对着镜子搽面霜。
3
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. defeat (someone) heavily, especially in a sporting contest〈非正式, 主北美〉（尤指在体育比赛中）彻底击败（某人）。
3.1
- （常作be creamed）hit or collide heavily and violently with (someone), especially in a car（尤指在汽车内）与（某人）猛烈相撞：
she got creamed by a speeding car.
她被一辆超速行驶的汽车重重撞了一下。
4
- no obj. vulgar slang (of a person) be sexually aroused, especially to the point of producing sexual secretions〈粗俚〉（人）被激起了性欲（尤指达到产生性分泌物的程度）。
4.1
- with obj. moisten (one's underpants) due to such arousal因性兴奋而弄湿（内裤）。
词源
Middle English:from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma （see CHRISM）.
短语动词
cream something off
1
- take the best of a group of people or things, especially in a way that is considered unfair（尤指用不公平的方法）挑选（精英）; 提取（精华）：
the schools cream off some of the more able pupils.
学校挑选出了一些能力较强的学生。
1.1
- make a disproportionate or excessive profit on a transaction（在交易中）过多地获（利）, 过多地赚（钱）。