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curry

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Related topics: Food, dish
cur·ry1 /ˈkʌri $ ˈkɜːri/ ●●○ noun (plural curries) [countableC, uncountableU]  
DFFa type of food from India, consisting of meat or vegetables in a spicy sauce 咖喱食品
 chicken curry
咖喱鸡
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + curry
hot (=with a strong, burning taste that comes from strong spices)
I love really hot curry.
medium (=quite hot)
She ordered a medium curry.
mild (=not hot)
Children often enjoy mild curry.
chicken/beef/vegetable etc curry
I think I’ll have a chicken curry.
an Indian/Thai etc curry (=made from Indian, Thai etc recipes)
curry + NOUN
curry powder (=a mixture of spices for making curry)
curry sauce (=a sauce for making curry, often in a jar)
a curry house British EnglishBrE (=a restaurant that serves curry)
Let’s try that new curry house in town.
verbs
have curry
For dinner we had curry and rice.
go for a curry (=go to a restaurant to eat a curry)
How about going for a curry on Saturday night?
Examples from the Corpus
curry• A woman goes to a curry house and annoys the waiter.• When I get home I want some good food like I want some rice and peas and curry and all that stuff.• chicken curry and rice• They don't even have a pub there, never mind a decent curry house.• Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce.• Authentic chicken is another good choice, tender pieces of white meat chicken basted with a mild yellow sauce reminiscent of curry.• The political curry connection stretches a lot further than London.• Vegetarians and maintenance dieters may also add a few peanuts to the curry.
curry2 verb (curried, currying, curries)  
curry favour (with somebody) IMPRESSto try to make someone like you or notice you in order to get something that you want – used to show disapproval 讨好，奉承，拍马屁〔含贬义〕
 a businessman who made several attempts to curry favour with politicians
一个几次三番想要讨好政客的商人
Examples from the Corpus
curry favour (with somebody)• Such is the case with, for example, foot the bill and curry favour.• But only Damian Kelly emerged as some one who curried favour on the terraces.• Wants to be liked and likes to hang around and curry favour with teacher.
Examples from the Corpus
curry• No longer will the path to advancement be assured by currying favor with a few influential bosses.• But only Damian Kelly emerged as some one who curried favour on the terraces.• She gave the impression of being extraordinarily clean and groomed, as though she curried herself thoroughly every morning.• It's best to curry it, Mrs M. says, but I don't like curry.• He used it to curry the horses' manes and it was the only brush that would get through my hair.
Origin curry1
(1500-1600) Tamil kari
 curry2
1. (1200-1300) Old French correer “to prepare, curry”, from Vulgar Latin conredare;
2. favor from favel “brown horse (as a sign of dishonesty)” ((14-16 centuries)), from Old French fauvel
cur·ry1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1curry2 verb
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