[mass noun]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。 ■[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。 ■a drink made by mixing milk or water with chocolate 巧克力饮料;巧克力牛奶 ■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 chocolatey adjective
(亦作 chocolaty)
语源
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'