marzipan

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mar·zi·pan /ˈmɑːzəpæn $ ˈmɑːrtsə-, ˈmɑːrzə-/ noun [uncountable]  DFFa sweet food made from almonds, sugar, and eggs, used to make sweets and for covering cakes 杏仁蛋白糖浆〔一种用杏仁、糖和蛋白混合而成的糖浆，用于做糖果或浇在糕饼上〕

Examples from the Corpus

marzipan• It's then covered in a generous layer of almond marzipan and finally topped with a layer of melt-in-the-mouth soft-eating Regal ice.• Lift marzipan over cake and smooth down, easing out folds.• It yielded nothing but a small ball of marzipan and a set of perfect tyre-tracks in the dust.• Colour a little more fondant or marzipan yellow and roll into two tapering sausages.• Roll out marzipan to a round large enough to cover the cake.• Brush the whole cake with apricot glaze, then roll out the remaining marzipan to a large circle to cover.• The recipe here is for a simple marzipan that needs no cooking.• Dampen the marzipan with water and position the squares, as shown.Origin marzipan (1400-1500) German Italian marzapane “medieval coin, marzipan”, from Arabic mawthaban “medieval coin”

mar·zi·pan nounChineseSyllable  

from almonds, made sweet sugar, a Corpus food

marzipan
mar‧zi‧pan /ˈmɑːzəpæn, ˈmɑːzɪpæn $ ˈmɑːrtsə-, ˈmɑːrzə-/ noun [uncountable]a sweet food made from almonds, sugar, and eggs, used to make sweets and for covering cakes

mar·zi·panBrE /ˈmɑːzɪpæn/ 🔊, /ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɑːrtsəpæn/ 🔊, /ˈmɑːrzəpæn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a sweet firm substance, sometimes with yellow colour added, made from almonds, sugar and eggs and used to make sweets/candy and to cover cakes 杏仁蛋白糖（用于制作糖果或装饰蛋糕）