biscuit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bis·cuit /ˈbɪskɪt/ ●●● S2 noun 1 [countable] British EnglishDFF a small thin dry cake that is usually sweet and made for one person to eat 饼干 SYN American English cookie a packet of chocolate biscuits 一包巧克力饼干 cheese and biscuits 奶酪和饼干2. [countable] American EnglishDFF a type of soft bread baked in small round pieces 烤饼3. [uncountable] a light brown colour 淡褐色4 take the biscuit British English informalSURPRISED to be the most surprising, annoying etc thing you have ever heard 是听过的空前惊人[令人讨厌]的事 SYN take the cake especially American English I’ve heard some excuses, but this really takes the biscuit! 我也听过一些借口，可这个借口也太离谱了！
Examples from the Corpus
biscuit• biscuits and gravy• Molly had buttoned up the braces on Jacqueline's trousers and found her youngest child a biscuit when she heard the screams.• June unwrapped the flimsy tissue paper from one of the almond biscuits and rolled it carefully into a tube.• Disadvantages of the stuff are that it attracts fluff, hair and biscuit crumbs.• There's sweets and biscuits as well as nuts and fruit.• All those goodies from pork pies to chocolate biscuits had to be atoned.• When I get home Mrs Marsh has polished off half the biscuits in the tin and the teapot is all but empty.• He dipped one of the biscuits into the tea and ate it in one.Origin biscuit (1300-1400) Old French bescuit, from Latin bis “twice” + coctus “cooked”bis·cuit nounChineseSyllable
is thin cake small Corpus and a that dry usually sweet
biscuit
bis‧cuit S2 /ˈbɪskət, ˈbɪskɪt/
noun
SYN cookie American English:
a packet of chocolate biscuits
cheese and biscuits
2. [countable] American English a type of soft bread baked in small round pieces
3. [uncountable] a light brown colour
4. take the biscuit British English informal to be the most surprising, annoying etc thing you have ever heard:
I’ve heard some excuses, but this really takes the biscuit!
bis‧cuit S2 /ˈbɪskət, ˈbɪskɪt/
noun Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: bescuit, from Latin bis 'twice' + coctus 'cooked'
1. [countable] British English a small thin dry cake that is usually sweet and made for one person to eat Language: Old French
Origin: bescuit, from Latin bis 'twice' + coctus 'cooked'
SYN cookie American English:
2. [countable] American English a type of soft bread baked in small round pieces
3. [uncountable] a light brown colour
4. take the biscuit British English informal to be the most surprising, annoying etc thing you have ever heard:
