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caramelize

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++car·a·mel·ize (also caramelise British English) /ˈkærəməlaɪz/ verb  1. [intransitive] if sugar caramelizes, it becomes brown and hard when it is heated 变成焦糖2. [transitive] to cook food such as fruit or vegetables with sugar 加焦糖煮〔水果、蔬菜等〕caramelized adjective caramelized onions 焦糖洋葱→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
caramelizeCook until onion begins to caramelize.Roast turkey in preheated oven, basting every 20 minutes and adding water to the pan if the glaze starts to caramelize.
car·a·mel·ize verbChineseSyllable
it hard caramelizes, if Corpus sugar becomes and brown


caramelize
caramelize (also caramelise British English) /ˈkærəməlaɪz/ verb
1. [intransitive] if sugar caramelizes, it becomes brown and hard when it is heated
2. [transitive] to cook food such as fruit or vegetables with sugar
—caramelized adjective:
    caramelized onions


cara·mel·ize (BrE also cara·mel·ise) BrE /ˈkærəməlaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkærəməlaɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they caramelize BrE /ˈkærəməlaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkærəməlaɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it caramelizes BrE /ˈkærəməlaɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkærəməlaɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple caramelized BrE /ˈkærəməlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkærəməlaɪzd/ 🔊past participle caramelized BrE /ˈkærəməlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkærəməlaɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form caramelizing BrE /ˈkærəməlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkærəməlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (of sugar ) to turn into caramel 变成焦糖 [transitive] ~ sth to cook sth, especially fruit, with sugar so that it is covered with caramel (尤指把水果)炒上一层焦糖