pudding
n
1 [C, U] (also infml 口语作 pud ) (Brit) (dish of) sweet food eaten at the end of a meal; dessert (一道)甜食(於餐末食用); 甜点心
There isn't a pudding today. 今天没有甜食.
What's for pudding? 甜点吃什麽? Cf 参看 afters.
2
(a) [C, U] (also Brit infml 英式口语作 pud) sweet or savoury dish usu made with flour and cooked by baking, boiling or steaming 布丁(通常用面粉经烘烤或蒸煮做成的美味甜食品)
bread and butter pudding 面包黄油布丁
rice pudding 大米布丁
steak and kidney pudding 牛排腰子布丁
Christmas/plum pudding 圣诞布丁.
(b) [C] thing like this in texture or appearance; (person with a) large, fat face 材料或外观似布丁之物; 肥胖而大的脸; 面孔肥胖而大的人
[attrib 作定语]
pudding face 大胖脸.
3 [C, U] any of various types of sausage 香肠
black pudding, ie a type of blood sausage made with oatmeal 黑香肠(用燕麦片与血制成).
4 [C] (also `pudding head) (infml 口) fat and slow or stupid person 肥胖而迟钝的人; 笨蛋.
5 (idm 习语) the proof of the pudding =>proof1.
It was an important part of Native American's existence.
野牛是美洲土著人赖以生活的重要部分。
A hui may be a wedding, burial or conference. The happier events are marked with speeches, singing and dancing.
一个"会"可能是一次婚礼、葬礼或者会议。而较为喜庆的活动,人们要发表演说,唱歌跳舞以示庆贺。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.