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IELTS BNC: 2546 COCA: 2008

cream

Word family 
Related topics: Food, Hair & beauty
cream1 /kriːm/ ●●● S2 noun  
1  DF[uncountableU] a thick yellow-white liquid that rises to the top of milk 奶油；乳脂
 fresh cream
鲜奶油
 strawberries and cream
浇奶油的草莓
2. [uncountableU] a pale yellow-white colour 奶油色，淡黄色
3  [countableC, uncountableU]DF used in the names of foods containing cream or something similar to it 含奶油食品
 cream of chicken soup
奶油鸡汤
4  [countableC, uncountableU]DCBMH a thick smooth substance that you put on your skin to make it feel soft, treat a medical condition etc 护肤霜；雪花膏 → lotion
 sun cream
防晒霜
 face cream
面霜
5  the cream of something BESTthe best people or things from a group 中的精英，…中的精华
 the cream of Europe’s athletes
欧洲的运动员精英
 The students at this college are the cream of the crop (=the best of all).
这所学院的学生是天之骄子。
Examples from the Corpus
the cream of something• She is kept company by kindred spirits, such as Uncle Ben and the Cream of Wheat cook.• There were a great many people milling around, the cream of Spaxton society, indeed, many of whom she knew or recognised.• But it was on the continent that the cream of the drivers could be found.• Through Brooke and his own contacts, he had entry to the cream of Hollywood parties and the cream of Hollywood society.• He was the cream of the crop.
n COLLOCATIONS
types of cream
single cream British EnglishBrE (=thin cream that you can pour easily)
double cream British EnglishBrE, heavy cream American EnglishAmE (=thick cream)
whipping cream (=that becomes thick when you beat it)
clotted cream British EnglishBrE (=very thick cream that you cannot pour)
sour/soured cream (=with a slightly sour taste – used in cooking)
fresh cream
Use about 100ml of fresh cream.
thick cream British EnglishBrE
Pour some thick cream over the strawberries.
whipped cream (=made thick and light by beating it)
verbs
whip/whisk/beat the cream (=make it thicker by beating it)
Whip the cream until it is thick and light.
serve something with cream
Serve the apple tart warm with thick cream.
cream + NOUN
a cream cake/bun British EnglishBrE (=a cake with cream inside)
a cream tea British EnglishBrE (=tea with small cakes called scones, that you eat with cream and jam)
Examples from the Corpus
cream• banana cream pie• A merit of the product is that it lacks the fat and, therefore, the calories of cream.• The doctor gave me some cream to put on my rash.• Serve with apple sauce, sour cream or jam.• Sure enough, there came the dollop of raspberry-stained cream.• Do you take cream or sugar in your coffee?• Allow the gelatine to cool, then add to the trout cream. 7.• The fresh cheese with cream was all we, or at any rate I, wanted.
Related topics: Colours
cream2 adjectiveadj  
1 CCpale yellow-white in colour 奶油色的，淡黄色的
 a cream-coloured carpet
奶黄色的地毯
Examples from the Corpus
cream• Her mouth, a nullity, a bland smear of beige on cream enamel.• This was cut from a piece of linen texture board and then backed with some cream silk.• A female clerk in the advertising department owned up to a cream skirt.
Related topics: Cooking
cream3 verb [transitiveT]  
1  DFCto mix foods together until they become a thick soft mixture 把…搅成糊状
 Cream the butter and sugar together.
把黄油和糖调成糊状。
2  BEAT/DEFEAT American EnglishAmE informal to easily defeat someone in a game, competition etc 彻底打败
 We got creamed 45–6.
我们以 6 比 45 输得一塌糊涂。
3. to hit a ball very hard, for example in a game of tennis or cricket 〔网球、板球等中〕猛击
4. American EnglishAmE informal to hit someone very hard 痛击〔某人〕
5 cream somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v especially British EnglishBrE BESTto choose the best people or things from a group, especially so that you can use them for your own advantage 选取〔最佳的人或物〕
 The best students are creamed off by the large companies.
最优秀的学生都被大公司挑走了。
Examples from the Corpus
cream off• Treatments would include keeping the area clean and dry, moisturisers such as E45 cream can ease off drying and scaling.
Examples from the Corpus
cream• I was getting creamed in dodgeball.• Akram pounces on it, creaming it to the Tavern rope.• He wondered how much Lorton's mate had creamed off on top of his percentage.• This encouraged providers to cream off the easiest to serve, and led to severe criticism.• Next, cream the butter and sugar.• The Cougars creamed us last Saturday.
got creamed• I would be the one who got creamed by a fast car.
Origin cream1
(1300-1400) Old French craime, cresme, from Latin cramum
cream1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1cream2 adjectiveadjcream3 verb
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