marzipan

marzipan
[ˈmɑːzɪpan, ˌmɑːzɪˈpan]
noun
  1. [mass noun]a sweet yellowish paste of ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites, used to make small cakes or sweets or to coat large cakes
    (制作糕饼或糖果用)杏仁蛋白软糖
    ■[count noun]a sweet or cake made of or based on marzipan
    杏仁蛋白软糖;杏仁蛋白饼
verb
  1. [with obj.][usu. as adj. marzipanned]cover with marzipan
    涂有杏仁蛋白软糖的
    a marzipanned cake.
    涂杏仁蛋白软糖蛋糕。
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (as marchpane): from Italian marzapane, possibly from Arabic. The form marchpane (influenced by March and obsolete pain 'bread') was more usual until the late 19th cent., when marzipan (influenced by German, which has the same spelling) displaced it
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