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crouton

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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crou·ton /ˈkruːtɒn $ -tɑːn/ noun [countable usually plural]  DFa small square piece of crisp bread, served with soup or on salad 油炸面包丁〔配汤佐食或置于色拉上〕
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croutonThere is enough for I 1 croutons.A few croutons, some red cabbage shreds and a few wedges of tomato unimaginatively rounded things out.He added a little cream to the finished scrambled eggs and put fried croutons round them.Season with salt and pepper and serve with croutons.
Origin crouton (1800-1900) French croûton, from croûte, from Latin crusta; → CRUST
crou·ton nounChineseSyllable
crisp served of bread, square with a Corpus or soup small piece


crouton
crouton /ˈkruːtɒn $ -tɑːn/ noun [countable usually plural]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: croûton, from croûte, from Latin crusta; crust
a small square piece of crisp bread, served with soup or on salad


crou·tonBrE /ˈkruːtɒn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkruːtɑːn/ 🔊 nouna small piece of cold crisp fried bread served in soup or as part of a salad (放在汤或色拉里的)油炸面包丁