dollop

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dol·lop /ˈdɒləp $ ˈdɑː-/ noun [countableC] informal

1 DFa small amount of soft food, usually dropped from a spoon 一团，一块〔通常指勺中掉下的软食〕

dollop of

a dollop of thick cream

一块浓稠的奶油

2 an amount of something 少量，一点，些许

dollop of

You’ll need a big dollop of luck.

你需要相当好的运气。

—dollop verb [transitiveT]

Examples from the Corpus

dollop• Taylor deserves a dollop of the blame.• He put a dollop of honey on his bread and spread it around with a knife.• You squeeze a dollop of special paste into a small cup at the base of the burner and light it.• Frothy, with a dollop of chocolate across the top, this Joe gets a 10.• Garnish with a dollop of sour cream. 80 Many sausage mixtures are heavy and usually contain a fair amount of fat.• Drop corn mixture by dollops into skillet and saute until lightly browned on both sides.• It also swallowed a healthy dollop of spending on advertising.• Bushes weigh their meted dollops, and the boxy clapboard churches are drenched and cleansed by a piquant light from the east.• Then serve on its own, or with a nice dollop of cream, or ice cream.• Louise watched as the dollop of mashed potato fell onto her plate.

Origin dollop

(1500-1600) From a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian dolp “piece”

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Corpus

BNC: 19947 COCA: 16683

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