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floury

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, Tastes
flour·y /ˈflaʊəri $ ˈflaʊri/ adjective  1 DFCTcovered with flour or tasting of flour 覆有面粉的;(似)面粉味的 She wiped her floury hands on her apron. 她在围裙上擦了擦沾满面粉的手。2. floury potatoes become very soft and break easily when they are cooked 〔马铃薯煮熟后〕很面的
Examples from the Corpus
flouryShe stepped back a pace in the floury dust.Wiping her floury hands, Mrs Beavis answered the knock.Even thinking about their blotched yellow and black skins and their squidgy, floury middles made him want to throw up.Two wet floury potatoes were dished on to her plate but she couldn't eat them.A roast chicken followed, with pale stuffing, a hot gravy and masses of floury roast potatoes.Her finger nails were shiny long and black, and her face was floury white.
flour·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
with or Corpus flour of flour covered tasting


floury
floury /ˈflaʊəri $ ˈflaʊri/ adjective
1. covered with flour or tasting of flour:
    She wiped her floury hands on her apron.
2. floury potatoes become very soft and break easily when they are cooked


flouryBrE /ˈflaʊəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈflaʊəri/ 🔊 adjectivecovered with flour 覆有面粉的floury hands沾满面粉的双手like flour; tasting of flour 面粉似的;味道像面粉的a floury texture粉质(of potatoes 土豆) soft and light when they are cooked (煮后)很面的