vanilla

vanilla
noun

[mass noun]a substance obtained from vanilla pods or produced artificially and used to flavour sweet foods or to impart a fragrant scent to cosmetic preparations
（天然，人工）香草精
[as modifier]vanilla ice cream.
香草冰淇淋。
■ice cream flavoured with vanilla
香草冰淇淋
four scoops of vanilla with hot fudge sauce.
四个香草冰淇淋球加热乳糖酱。
■[as modifier]of the colour of vanilla ice cream
香草冰淇淋色的
a vanilla dress.
浅奶黄套装。
a tropical climbing orchid which has fragrant flowers and long pod-like fruit
香子兰（芳香热带兰花，果实长扁豆状）
Genus Vanilla, family Orchidaceae: many species, in particular V. planifolia, the chief commercial source of vanilla pods
香子兰属，兰科：多种，尤指荚香子兰，它是商用香草精主要原料
■(亦作 vanilla pod)the fruit of this plant which is cured and then either used in cookery or processed to extract an essence which is used for flavour and fragrance
香子兰荚

adjective

(亦作 plain vanilla)having no special or extra features; ordinary
无更多特色的；普通的
it will be able to do tricks that plain vanilla CD-ROMs can't.
它有普通只读光盘存储器不具备的功能。

语源

mid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla 'pod', diminutive of vaina 'sheath, pod', from Latin vagina 'sheath'. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille

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