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chowder

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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chow·der /ˈtʃaʊdə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]  DFFa thick soup usually made with fish, vegetables, and milk 杂烩海鲜浓汤
Examples from the Corpus
chowderI have never had such good clam chowder that they have over at the Brighton House.Shrug, and serve some more clam chowder.There was cheese soup and a brat, or clam chowder and baked stuffed lobster, or gumbo and chicken jambalaya.The tuna tartare with chopped avocado, the clam chowder with smoked bacon and the giant Louisiana prawns were all a hit.The tastiest way to warm up is with a bowl of Boston's traditional clam chowder with oyster crackers.They make it look like a ship with waiters like pirates singing shanties into your clam chowder.Morrill glanced sideways at the cooling chowder and let it go.Jasper got half way through a bowl of ghoulish-looking chowder.
Origin chowder (1700-1800) French chaudière (dish made in) a cooking pot, from Late Latin caldaria; → CAULDRON
chow·der nounChineseSyllable
made Corpus thick and fish, vegetables, milk with usually a soup


chowder
chowder /ˈtʃaʊdə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: French
 Origin: chaudière '(dish made in) a cooking pot', from Late Latin caldaria; cauldron
a thick soup usually made with fish, vegetables, and milk


chow·derBrE /ˈtʃaʊdə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃaʊdər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a thick soup made with fish and vegetables 杂烩羹(用鱼加蔬菜烹制)clam chowder蛤肉菜汤   see also bisque