英汉词典

cheese 基本解释

• n. [食品] 奶酪；干酪；要人
• vt. 停止
• adj. 叛变的；胆小的

cheese 词态变化

cheese 中文词源

来自拉丁词ceseus, 奶酪。

cheese 英文词源

cheese

cheese: [OE] Cheese is of Latin origin, but was borrowed into the West Germanic languages in prehistoric times, producing German kāse and Dutch kaas as well as cheese. The Latin word was cāseus (source also of Spanish queso ‘cheese’), whose possible distant relative Sanskrit kvathati ‘he boils’ suggests an underlying idea of froth or bubbles in the milk from which the cheese is made.

cheese (n.1)

Old English cyse (West Saxon), cese (Anglian) "cheese," from West Germanic *kasjus (cognates: Old Saxon kasi, Old High German chasi, German Käse, Middle Dutch case, Dutch kaas), from Latin caseus "cheese" (source of Italian cacio, Spanish queso, Irish caise, Welsh caws).

Of unknown origin; perhaps from a PIE root *kwat- "to ferment, become sour" (cognates: Prakrit chasi "buttermilk;" Old Church Slavonic kvasu "leaven; fermented drink," kyselu "sour," -kyseti "to turn sour;" Czech kysati "to turn sour, rot;" Sanskrit kvathati "boils, seethes;" Gothic hwaþjan "foam"). Also compare fromage. Old Norse ostr, Danish ost, Swedish ost are related to Latin ius "broth, sauce, juice."

Earliest references would be to compressed curds of milk used as food; pressed or molded cheeses with rinds are 14c. Transferred to other cheese-like substances by 1530s. As a photographer's word to make subjects hold a smile, it is attested from 1930, but in a reminiscence of schoolboy days, which suggests an earlier use. Probably for the forced smile involved in making the -ee- sound. Green cheese is that newly made; the notion that the moon is made of green cheese as a type of a ridiculous assertion is from 1520s. To make cheeses was a schoolgirls' amusement (1835) of wheeling rapidly so one's petticoats blew out in a circle then dropping down so they came to rest inflated and resembling a wheel of cheese; hence, used figuratively for "a deep curtsey."

cheese (n.2)

"the proper thing," from Urdu chiz "a thing," from Persian chiz, from Old Persian *ciš-ciy "something," from PIE pronominal stem *kwo- (see who). Picked up by British in India by 1818 and used in the sense of "a big thing" (especially in the phrase the real chiz).

This perhaps is behind the expression big cheese "important person" (1914), but that is American English in origin and likely rather belongs to cheese (n.1). To cut a big cheese as a figurative expression for "look important" is recorded from 1915, and overlarge wheels of cheese, especially from Wisconsin, were commonly displayed 19c. as publicity stunts by retailers, etc.

The cheese will be on exhibition at the National Dairy Show at Chicago next week. President Taft will visit the show the morning of Monday, October thirtieth, and after his address he will be invited to cut the big cheese, which will then be distributed in small lots to visitors at the show. ["The Country Gentleman," Oct. 28, 1911]

cheese (v.)

"stop (what one is doing), run off," 1812, thieves' slang, of uncertain origin. Meaning "to smile" is from 1930 (see cheese (n.1)). For meaning "to annoy," see cheesed.

CHEESE IT. Be silent, be quiet, don't do it. Cheese it, the coves are fly; be silent, the people understand our discourse. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]

cheese 词组搭配

cheese 英文释义

1. a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

2. erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

cheese 双语例句

1. He wolfed down the rest of the biscuit and cheese.

他把剩下的饼干和奶酪一扫而光。

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2. The two places, he insists, are as different as chalk and cheese.

他坚持说那两个地方有天壤之别。

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3. She offered Molly tidbits: a chicken drumstick, some cheese.

她给了莫莉一些吃的：一根鸡腿下段和一些奶酪。

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4. We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent.

我们从欧洲大陆进口数量惊人的奶酪。

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5. Cheese can be sprinkled on egg or vegetable dishes.

奶酪可以撒在鸡蛋或蔬菜做的菜肴上。

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cheese 实用场景例句

goat's cheese (= made from the milk of a goat )

山羊奶酪（由山羊奶制成）

牛津词典

a cheese sandwich/salad

奶酪三明治 / 色拉

牛津词典

a chunk/piece/slice of cheese

一厚块 / 碎块 / 薄片奶酪

牛津词典

a selection of French cheeses

精选的法国奶酪

牛津词典

a cheese knife (= a knife with a special curved blade with two points on the end, used for cutting and picking up pieces of cheese)

干酪切刀

牛津词典

Cheddar cheese

切德干酪

牛津词典

...bread and cheese.

涂了奶酪的面包

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...cheese sauce...

奶酪酱

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He is a big cheese in the Art Fraud Squad.

他是反艺术诈骗专案组的重要人物。

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...big cheeses from the State Department.

国务院来的大人物

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Cheese is really a good lure for mice.

奶酪是很好的引诱老鼠的诱饵.

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They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.

他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵.

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Although they are twins, temperamentally they are as like as chalk to cheese.

尽管他们是孪生儿, 但性格却截然不同.

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Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied were by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.

当地的那些小旅馆通常是既肮脏又尽是跳蚤; 食物只不过是本地土产乳酪就着存放了经常12个月的陈面包, 都用粗制的酒送下肚去.

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This cheese smells vile.

这奶酪的气味难闻极了.

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" Is badminton anything like tennis? "" No, as different as chalk from cheese. ”

“ 羽毛球有点像网球 吗 ? ” “不, 根本不同. ”

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Maggots breed in cheese.

蛆在乳酪里孳生.

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He mouthed down a square of cheese.

他吃了一块方形乳酪.

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We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser.

我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品.

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Chalk and cheese are disparate substances.

粉笔和乳酪是完全不同的东西.

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a pizza topped with cheese and anchovies

奶酪鳀鱼比萨饼

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a cheese and mushroom omelette

奶酪蘑菇蛋饼

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

It's made from natural ingredients, but with the added bonus of containing 30 per cent less fat than ordinary cheese.

该干酪用天然原料制成，而且其脂肪含量比普通干酪低30%。

柯林斯例句

The two places, he insists, are as different as chalk and cheese.

他坚持说那两个地方有天壤之别。

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She offered Molly tidbits: a chicken drumstick, some cheese.

她给了莫莉一些吃的：一根鸡腿下段和一些奶酪。

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We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent.

我们从欧洲大陆进口数量惊人的奶酪。

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