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butterscotch

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, dish
but·ter·scotch /ˈbʌtəskɒtʃ $ -ərskɑːtʃ/ noun [uncountable]  DFFa type of sweet or sauce made from butter and sugar boiled together, or the taste this has 奶油硬糖;奶油硬糖汁;奶油硬糖味 butterscotch pudding 奶油硬糖味布丁
Examples from the Corpus
butterscotchThe filo pastry shells are served cold and contain rich mousses - lemon cream, butterscotch and toffee.Chocolate and chocolate sauces, toffees, fudge, butterscotch, carob chocolate.The cake is made with cinnamon and pureed pears and served in a pool of butterscotch caramel fudge sauce.Put the butterscotch topping ingredients into a small pan.
Origin butterscotch (1800-1900) Probably from butter + Scotch; perhaps because it was first made in Scotland
but·ter·scotch nounChineseSyllable
a sweet type sauce made Corpus or of


butterscotch
butterscotch /ˈbʌtəskɒtʃ $ -ərskɑːtʃ/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: Probably from butter + Scotch; perhaps because it was first made in Scotland
a type of sweet or sauce made from butter and sugar boiled together, or the taste this has:
    butterscotch pudding


but·ter·scotchBrE /ˈbʌtəskɒtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʌtərskɑːtʃ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a type of hard pale brown sweet/candy made by boiling butter and brown sugar together 奶油硬糖(用奶油和黄糖熬制)(especially NAmE) a sauce flavoured with butterscotch, used for pouring on ice cream, etc. 奶油硬糖汁(用于浇在冰淇淋等上)