pudding

pudding
noun
  1. a cooked sweet dish served after the main course of a meal
    布丁（主食后的甜点）
    a rice pudding.
    大米布丁。
    [mass noun]a good helping of pudding.
    丰厚的一份布丁。
    ■[mass noun](chiefly Brit.)the dessert course of a meal
    (主英)甜食
    what's for pudding?.
    甜食是什么？。
    ■(N. Amer.)a dessert with a soft or creamy consistency
    (北美)布丁
  2. a sweet or savoury steamed dish made with suet and flour
    （用牛、羊板油、面粉制作的）牛（或羊）油布丁
    a steak and kidney pudding.
    蒸牛排土豆。
    ■the intestines of a pig or sheep stuffed with oatmeal, spices, and meat and boiled
    血香肠，黑香肠。 参见 black pudding, blood pudding
    ■(informal)a fat, dumpy, or stupid person
    (非正式)矮胖子，呆头呆脑的人
    away with you, you big pudding!.
    滚开，你这矮冬瓜！。
常用词组
in the pudding club
  1. (Brit. informal)pregnant
    (英， 非正式)怀孕的
派生
puddingy
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (denoting a sausage such as black pudding): apparently from Old French boudin 'black pudding', from Latin botellus 'sausage, small intestine'
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