cream的翻译

1. the best people or things in a group;

   "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
   

2. the part of milk containing the butterfat
3. toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

1. make creamy by beating;

   "Cream the butter"
   

2. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;

   "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
   

3. put on cream, as on one's face or body;

   "She creams her face every night"
   

4. remove from the surface;

   "skim cream from the surface of milk"
   

5. add cream to one's coffee, for example

1.(用于烹饪或放于水果或甜点上的)奶油，乳脂
Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.

e.g. ...strawberries andcream.
奶油草莓

2.(用于含奶油或牛奶的汤的名称中)
Cream is used in the names of soups that contain cream or milk.

e.g. ...cream of mushroom soup.
奶油蘑菇汤

3.护肤霜;润肤霜;药膏
Acream is a substance that you rub into your skin, for example to keep it soft or to heal or protect it.

e.g. Gently apply thecream to the affected areas.
把药膏轻轻涂抹在患处。
e.g. ...sun protection creams.
防晒霜

4.奶油色;淡黄色;米色
Something that iscream is yellowish-white in colour.

e.g. ...cream silk stockings.
米色丝袜
e.g. ...acream-coloured Persian cat.
米色的波斯猫

5.精英;精华
Cream is used in expressions such asthe cream of society andthe cream of British athletes to refer to the best people or things of a particular kind.

e.g. The Ball was attended by thecream of Hollywood society.
好莱坞的大牌影星们出席了那个舞会。
e.g. ...thecream of Chicago's 200 jazz and blues clubs.
芝加哥200家爵士乐和蓝调乐俱乐部中最优秀的成员

6. see also: ice cream;peaches and cream;salad cream;shaving cream

相关词组：cream off

1. He is whipping cream.
   他正在搅打奶油。
2. This cream is best applied to the face at night.
   这种香脂最好晚上搓脸用。
3. This is peach and cream.
   这是奶油桃子。
4. It is dental cream.
   那是牙膏。
5. I take only one spoonful of cream with my bread.
   我吃面包只加一茶匙奶油。
6. Its crew were the cream of the navy.
   这些船员是舰队的精华。
7. The cream of the class is made up of the best students.
   班中的精华是由班中最好的学生组成的。

• The successful Parisian entertainer, drawing the cream of society to his little theatre.

  出自：R. Davies

• These auto and steel pensions are the cream of the crop.

  出自：S. Brill

• The industrialists..were not prepared to allow any substantial part of their profits to be creamed off for welfare expenditure.

  出自：A. Bevan

• Creaming is another potential problem: do the magnet schools attract the most able staff and pupils to the detriment of other schools in the area?

  出自：Times Educational Supplement

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的cresme；最初源自拉丁语的chrisma，意为奶油，乳脂。